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September 13, 2017
Judge OKs $1.3M Deal Ending 4-Year Rice GMO Fee Spat
A lengthy dispute between plaintiffs' lawyers who led a $750 million deal ending a multidistrict litigation over rice contamination by Bayer AG and other lawyers who benefited from that work ended Tuesday in a $1.325 million settlement with the last defendants.
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March 21, 2017
Bayer MDL Fee Fight Best Left For Trial, Judge Says
A Missouri federal judge on Monday denied multiple bids to score a victory in a fee dispute between a Texas law group and other counsel for farmers in a settled multidistrict litigation over crop contamination by Bayer AG, saying many factual disputes still remain which should be resolved at trial.
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January 27, 2017
Lead Attys Want Discovery Sanctions In Bayer MDL Fee War
Lead attorneys who represented farmers in litigation over Bayer's genetically modified rice doubled down Thursday on their sanctions bid against other plaintiffs’ law firms in a fee battle in Missouri federal court, saying that the firms continue to deny the existence of certain electronic data.
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January 20, 2017
Bayer MDL Firm Fights 'Frivolous' Sanctions In Fee Dispute
A Texas law group engaged in a fee dispute in Missouri federal court with other counsel for farmers in a settled multidistrict litigation over crop contamination by Bayer AG shot back at an attempt to sanction the firm for failing to comply with discovery on Thursday, calling the bid “unfounded” and “frivolous.”
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October 03, 2016
Texas Firm Will Pay $350K To Exit Fee Row Over Bayer MDL
A group of law firms that once represented farmers in crop contamination multidistrict litigation against Bayer AG have agreed to a $350,000 settlement with a Texas firm defending claims in a long-running fee dispute, telling a Missouri federal court Friday that the deal represents “substantial relief.”
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July 14, 2015
Bayer MDL Firms Certified As A Class Of Their Own
A class consisting of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and other law firms was certified Tuesday by a Missouri federal judge in a suit that claims other firms unjustly profited from legal work created as part of a collaboration during a multidistrict litigation against Bayer AG.
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July 06, 2015
Fee Row In Bayer GMO Class Action Can Proceed, Judge Says
A Missouri federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss claims from a dispute over fees between lawyers who represented farmers in a crop contamination class action against Bayer AG, rejecting the defendants' argument that it was their clients, and not the attorneys themselves, who benefited from shared legal services.
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March 10, 2015
Bayer Rice MDL Attys Fight To Keep Fee Class Action Alive
The lead attorneys from a settled multidistrict litigation over the contamination of crops by Bayer AG's genetically modified rice told a Missouri federal court Monday not to dismiss their proposed class action accusing other firms who also represented plaintiffs in the MDL of refusing to pay into a common fund for attorneys' fees.
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May 13, 2013
Judge Tosses Atty Dispute Over Bayer MDL Settlement Fund
A Missouri federal judge on Monday dismissed a dispute between several groups of plaintiffs' attorneys over payments into a common benefit fund in a multidistrict litigation related to crop contamination by Bayer AG's genetically modified rice, ruling the court lacked jurisdiction over the suit.
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February 01, 2013
Attys in Bayer GM Rice MDL Demand State Claim Firms Pay Up
The lead attorneys in multidistrict litigation over the contamination of U.S. crops by Bayer AG's genetically modified rice launched a class action in Missouri court Thursday against several law firms over their refusal to contribute to a common benefit fund.