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2026
Monsanto secures defense verdict in Roundup trial
A Missouri jury returned a unanimous defense verdict in Monsanto's favor in a Roundup-related trial involving claims of design defect, fraud and negligence.
2026
Jury rules for Bayer in Roundup cancer trial
A St. Louis jury unanimously ruled for Bayer-owned Monsanto in a trial over claims that Roundup caused cancer. Bayer denied the claims.
2026
Missouri jury returns verdict for Monsanto in Roundup trial
A Missouri circuit court jury returned a unanimous verdict for Monsanto in a case brought by three plaintiffs involving Roundup. The jury found for Monsanto on the design-defect, fraud and negligence claims pursued at trial.
2022
Los Angeles files lawsuit over alleged PCB contamination
Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company, Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC, alleging that Monsanto polluted city waterways with PCBs and seeking repayment of cleanup-related costs and abatement of the alleged public nuisance. These are allegations in the lawsuit.
2022
Los Angeles files PCB contamination lawsuit against Monsanto
The city of Los Angeles sued Monsanto and two other companies seeking compensation for past and future costs related to PCB contamination of waterways. The city alleges that PCBs continue to enter local waterways and soils. Bayer said it was reviewing the lawsuit and believed it was without merit, and denied that Monsanto manufactured, used, or disposed of PCBs in Los Angeles waters.
2021
Maryland sues Monsanto over alleged harm to natural resources
Maryland’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and two spinoffs, alleging that chemicals Monsanto manufactured harmed the state’s waters, fish and wildlife and seeking damages and clean-up costs. Bayer, Monsanto’s parent company, said the lawsuit was without merit and denied that Monsanto manufactured, used or disposed of PCBs in Maryland.
2021
Delaware sues Monsanto over PCB contamination
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and two corporate spinoffs, seeking damages and cleanup costs for alleged long-lasting damage to Delaware's natural resources from PCBs. The lawsuit alleges that Monsanto knew of the chemicals' dangers and continued to manufacture and sell them.
2021
French data protection agency fines Monsanto over watch lists
France's personal data protection agency, CNIL, fined Monsanto 400,000 euros over files compiled on public figures, journalists and activists. CNIL said Monsanto failed to inform people on the lists and deprived them of the right to refuse being listed.
2021
Proposed Roundup false-labeling class-action settlement
Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Monsanto asked the court for preliminary approval of a proposed $45 million settlement concerning allegations that Monsanto failed to warn Roundup users about claims linking the product to cancer. The settlement remained subject to approval; Monsanto denied the allegations and liability.
2021
Monsanto responds to allegations over settlement agreement
Monsanto asked the Eleventh Circuit to allow it to file its settlement agreement with John Carson under seal and argued that allegations about the agreement were incomplete, misleading, and in some respects inaccurate.
2020
California appeals court upholds Monsanto liability in Roundup cancer case
A California appeals court denied Monsanto a new trial and affirmed its liability to Dewayne Johnson, while reducing the damages and conditioning the denial of a new trial on Johnson accepting the reduced amounts. The judges said Johnson presented substantial evidence that Roundup products caused his cancer.
2020
California appeals court upholds Monsanto liability and reduces award
The California Court of Appeal in San Francisco upheld the liability verdict against Monsanto in Dewayne Johnson's Roundup case and reduced his award from $78.5 million to $20.5 million. Bayer said it continued to believe the verdict and awards were inconsistent with the trial evidence and law.
2020
Bayer reaches settlements over Roundup, dicamba and PCB claims
Bayer reached settlements resolving claims involving Roundup, dicamba-related crop damage and PCB pollution. The Roundup settlement addresses claims alleging the weed killer caused cancer; the source says the agreement includes no admission of liability. Bayer will pay farmers $400 million for dicamba crop-damage claims and roughly $650 million to resolve PCB waterway-pollution cases, with a separate $170 million agreement concerning PCB claims by three government plaintiffs.
2020
D.C. sues Monsanto over PCB pollution allegations
The District of Columbia sued Monsanto and affiliated companies, alleging that they knowingly manufactured, promoted and sold toxic chemicals that polluted local waterways. Bayer, which acquired Monsanto, denied that Monsanto used or dumped PCBs into the District’s waterways and said it would respond to the complaint.
2019
Monsanto fined $10.2 million over pesticide spraying in Hawaii
Modern Farmer reported that Monsanto was fined $10.2 million for spraying an illegal pesticide in Hawaii. The supplied article does not identify the authority imposing the fine or provide further details.
2019
Monsanto agrees to plea deal and more than $10 million in fines
Monsanto agreed to plead guilty to unlawfully using a banned pesticide on research crops in Maui and to pay more than $10 million in fines and community-service payments. The U.S. Justice Department released the plea agreement on Thursday.
2019
Australian farmer sues Monsanto over Roundup
NSW farmer Ross Wild filed a lawsuit against Monsanto, alleging that long-term exposure to Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and that product warnings were inadequate. Bayer Australia said the scientific evidence supported the conclusion that Roundup did not cause the disease.
2019
Brazilian court rules in Monsanto seed-royalty dispute
Brazil's appeals court ruled against Brazilian farmers' unions, holding that farmers cannot save seeds for replanting when the seeds are harvested from Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready soybeans. Monsanto said the decision would strengthen agricultural innovation in Brazil.
2008
Monsanto completes acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds
Monsanto Company announced it completed its proposed acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds Group B.V., a Dutch holding company that owns and operates De Ruiter Seeds, for EUR546 million in cash, or approximately $850 million at current exchange rates, less net debt. Monsanto will transition the De Ruiter Seeds business into its vegetable seeds division alongside Seminis and the International Seed Group.