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• November 15, 2018

  Calif. Judge Moves Up Roundup Trial Due To Health Concerns

  A California judge on Thursday granted a couple's request to expedite the trial schedule for their lawsuit alleging Monsanto's Roundup and Ranger Pro herbicides gave them cancer, saying their health could impact their ability to pursue their claims and setting the trial for March 18.

• November 15, 2018

  Pilgrim's Pride Controllers Say Del. Jurisdiction Doesn't Apply

  The controlling shareholders of chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. and their affiliated board members told a Delaware Chancery Court judge Thursday that breach of fiduciary duty claims lodged by minority shareholders should be tossed because the Delaware courts don’t have jurisdiction over the defendants.

• November 15, 2018

  Crabbers Snap At Energy Cos. With Calif. Climate Tort

  A coalition of fishermen’s groups Wednesday sued Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy companies, blaming them for contributing to ocean damage caused by climate change, which they say has forced the closure of lucrative crab fisheries off the coasts of California and Oregon.

• November 15, 2018

  Pork Co. Seeks New Trial After $94M Nuisance Suit Judgment

  Smithfield Foods Inc.'s subsidiary Murphy-Brown LLC asked a North Carolina federal court Wednesday for a new trial after a $94 million judgment was handed down in a case over feces and urine at its hog farms, arguing the jury trial included several significant errors that called its result into question.

• November 15, 2018

  Strip Club Gets $8M Injury Award Nixed On Appeal

  An Arizona appellate panel on Thursday tossed a jury’s $7.9 million award in a suit accusing a strip club of overserving alcohol to a patron who later caused a man’s severe injuries in an auto collision, saying the trial judge failed to give the jury proper instructions.

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