The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Farmobile in a long-simmering case that stemmed from a lawsuit initiated by Farmers Edge.
Syngenta announced that it has sued agrochemical maker Atticus for patent infringement of certain Syngenta patents relating to azoxystrobin fungicide.
Because lawyers convinced a California jury that Roundup was a substantial factor in Edwin Hardeman’s cancer, the plaintiff is being awarded roughly $80 million in damages.
All signs point to litigator dollar signs, not an earnest search for the truth, in the $289 million Roundup verdict in California.
Newsflash to anyone moving to the country: combines are noisy, pigs are smelly, tractors create dust, and cows are always mooing. Hog farmers in North Carolina are wishing their neighbors got the memo before settling down next door. Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the world, has been named in more than two dozen […]
The ASPCA is taking the USDA to court for not releasing animal welfare records requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Claims Administrator of the Syngenta Agrisure lawsuit has released more information regarding the settlement. Syngenta and Plaintiffs announced a $1.51 billion settlement to resolve class actions and individual cases alleging that Syngenta sold its “Agrisure Viptera” and “Agrisure Duracade” corn seeds before it should have because new insect-resistant genetic traits in those seeds had […]
The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska has granted summary judgment for Farmobile in a lawsuit filed against it by Farmers Edge (FEI). The court dismissed all claims filed against Farmobile ranging from misappropriation of trade secrets to a request that a judgment be entered declaring FEI to be the owner of Farmobile’s […]
A $1.51 billion settlement has been reached in the nationwide class action lawsuit filed in Kansas federal court over Syngenta’s genetically modified corn seed. It is believed to be the largest agricultural litigation settlement in U.S. history. The Syngenta settlement covers all U.S. corn producers – farmers and crop share landlords – as well as […]
HSUS and other plaintiffs, which included Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, claimed the trademarks were sold for an inflated price.