Poletti et al v. Syngenta AG et al

  1. August 20, 2019

    Ill. Atty Payouts Adjusted In $1.5B Syngenta GMO Corn Deal

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday shifted tens of millions of dollars in attorney fees between firms vying for their cut of $500 million in fees from a $1.51 billion settlement over Syngenta's genetically modified corn.

  2. May 03, 2019

    Special Master Defends Fee Divvy In $1.5B GMO Corn Deal

    Heninger Garrison Davis LLC "ignored established law" when it asked for $50 million to $60 million in fees for its work on a $1.51 billion settlement over Syngenta's genetically modified corn, a special master tasked with divvying up the attorney fees told a Kansas federal court Thursday.

  3. April 17, 2019

    Law Firm Slams $500M Fee Divvy In GMO Corn Settlement

    Heninger Garrison has railed against a report recommending that a group of other firms receive most of the Illinois portion of a $500 million attorney fee award in multidistrict litigation over Syngenta's genetically modified corn, saying it did most of the work and deserves the larger portion.

  4. April 25, 2018

    Farmers Say Firms Tricked Them Out Of GMO Settlements

    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.

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