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  1. July 29, 2020

    Syngenta Malpractice Row Nixed After Atty Ignored Orders

    A Kansas federal judge has tossed a legal malpractice suit against firms involved in the Syngenta AG multidistrict litigation, finding the attorney who brought the claim and his farmer clients failed to comply with numerous court orders and deserved to be sanctioned.   

  2. May 14, 2020

    Judge Says Farmers' Atty Holding Malpractice Case 'Hostage'

    A Minnesota lawyer's foot-dragging and defiance of court orders justify the dismissal of a legal malpractice suit that sprang from the Syngenta AG multidistrict litigation, a Kansas federal judge has said.

  3. April 28, 2020

    Farmer Atty In Syngenta MDL Hit With Unironic $7K Sanction

    A Minnesota lawyer "unironically" showed off his vexatious habits while arguing against a sanction for failing to attend a conference in a malpractice case stemming from the Syngenta AG multidistrict litigation, a Kansas federal judge said Monday.

  4. April 08, 2020

    Firms Say Atty Misconduct Dooms Malpractice Suit

    Law firms accused of malpractice in underlying multidistrict litigation against Syngenta AG have urged a Kansas federal court to dismiss the suit, saying that the attorney for the farmers bringing the case has continued to defy a court order to participate in planning conferences and in submitting reports.

  5. March 03, 2020

    No-Show Atty Sanctioned In Syngenta Malpractice Row

    A Kansas federal judge on Tuesday sanctioned an attorney representing corn farmers in a malpractice suit stemming from underlying multidistrict litigation with Syngenta AG after the lawyer skipped a planning conference that the court ordered him to attend.

  6. February 25, 2020

    Firms In Corn MDL Fee Spat Say Fiduciary Claim Can't Stick

    Seven law firms told a Kansas federal court Tuesday that they can't be held liable for failing to protect the interests of corn farmers in a multidistrict litigation with Syngenta AG because they never actually represented the growers now suing them.

  7. February 13, 2020

    Farmers Say Judge Conflicted In Syngenta Malpractice Row

    A group of corn farmers suing their former attorneys have asked the Kansas federal judge overseeing the proposed class action to step aside, saying that it is a conflict of interest for him to oversee the case after also presiding over the underlying multidistrict litigation against Syngenta AG.

  8. February 11, 2020

    Farmers Slam Bid To Exit Syngenta-Linked Malpractice Suit

    A Kansas federal court should not allow seven law firms to exit a malpractice suit stemming from underlying multidistrict litigation with Syngenta AG, corn farmers involved in the case have contended, disputing the lawyers' contention that the farmers were never the firms' clients.

  9. January 10, 2020

    Firms Seek To Exit Malpractice Suit Related To Syngenta MDL

    Seven law firms on Friday urged a Kansas federal court to allow them to exit a malpractice lawsuit stemming from underlying multidistrict litigation with Syngenta AG, as they purportedly never represented the corn farmers in the dispute.

  10. September 11, 2019

    Attys Say Farmers In Syngenta Row Waited Too Long To Sue

    Corn farmers waited too long to allege that Watts Guerra LLP and 15 other law firms engaged in fraud and other malpractice-related claims in underlying multidistrict litigation with Syngenta AG, the firms told a Kansas federal court Tuesday.

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