February 28, 2023
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the way in which a Kansas federal court allocated about $503 million in attorney fees and expense awards stemming from a Syngenta megasettlement over a GMO seed launch, ruling that the district court "thoughtfully" made the right call.
August 13, 2019
A Kansas federal judge on Tuesday trimmed most of the claims from a revived legal malpractice suit against San Antonio-based Watts Guerra LLP and 15 other law firms, saying that the suit was not aimed at benefiting the public and that the corn farmers bringing the suit had not suffered monetary damages.
March 21, 2019
Five law firms will receive $214 million in fees from the $1.5 billion Syngenta AG tainted corn settlement after a Kansas federal court adopted those same firms' recommendation on how to allocate some of the money.
March 08, 2019
Seven plaintiffs' firms that stand to collect from a roughly $500 million attorneys' fees fund created by last year's $1.5 billion Syngenta AG settlement asked a Kansas federal court to take control once again, warning that its decision to split the award into four different chunks could wreak havoc on appeal.
December 07, 2018
A Kansas federal judge gave final approval Friday to Syngenta AG's $1.5 billion deal to resolve claims filed on behalf of 650,000 corn producers over the agricultural giant's genetically modified corn seed, a deal that handed class counsel a $503 million cut.
April 25, 2018
A group of North Dakota farmers accused a Texas law firm and co-counsel of tricking 60,000 farmers into signing a 40 percent contingency fee agreement in underlying multidistrict litigation over Syngenta AG's genetically modified corn seed before secretly excluding them from other suits, in a putative class action filed in Minnesota federal court Tuesday.
April 11, 2018
A Kansas federal judge granted preliminary approval of a mediated $1.51 billion settlement agreement hashed out by farmers in all but four cases involved in multidistrict litigation over Syngenta AG’s genetically modified corn seed.
March 12, 2018
Syngenta AG has agreed to a $1.51 billion settlement in the nationwide class action over its genetically modified corn seed, with classes of farmers in all but four of the sprawling multidistrict litigation's cases asking a Kansas federal judge for preliminary approval Monday.
October 06, 2017
A class of farmers asked a Kansas federal judge Thursday not to sign off on a $218 million jury verdict they won against Syngenta AG in a multidistrict litigation over genetically modified corn, saying that the global agribusiness giant had failed to show why it should be able to hurry forward its appeal of the award.
September 22, 2017
Syngenta urged a Kansas federal judge Thursday to certify as a final judgment the $218 million jury verdict won by a class of Kansas farmers in multidistrict litigation over the agricultural company's promotion of genetically modified corn, arguing it's necessary to prevent needless delay of its appeal.