July 06, 2026
The first half of 2026 saw the Trump administration's push to restrict renewable energy development hit judicial speed bumps and the U.S. Supreme Court potentially change the course of long-running cases that pit state governments against oil and gas heavyweights. Here are several court decisions that stood out for energy attorneys in the first half of this year.
June 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed Monsanto a win in its long-running litigation battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup, clearing the path for a $7.25 billion settlement to end thousands of suits facing the Bayer AG unit by finding that the state law claims underlying a $1.25 million jury verdict are barred.
May 01, 2026
For most lawyers, getting to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court is a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for a select few, it's a common occurrence. Clement & Murphy PLLC name partner Paul Clement is one of those lawyers.
April 27, 2026
Monsanto's efforts to stem the tide of thousands of lawsuits over its blockbuster weed killer Roundup seemed to find a mixed audience with the U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday as they debated the benefits of national labeling standards with how regulators stay on top of changing science.
April 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its oral argument portion of the 2025 October term by hearing a panoply of disputes over the constitutionality of geofence warrants, the existence of aiding and abetting torture claims, and the rescission of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
April 24, 2026
With a $7.25 billion deal potentially at stake, Monsanto heads to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in its closely watched appeal of a $1.25 million jury verdict awarded to a Missouri man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
March 03, 2026
The federal government, 15 state attorneys general and business groups, among others, urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to strike down a $1.25 million verdict in a suit over claims Monsanto's Roundup weed killer causes cancer, saying that "patchwork" labeling regulations would harm the nation's farmers.
February 23, 2026
Monsanto urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reverse a $1.25 million state jury verdict finding that its Roundup weedkiller caused a man's cancer, arguing that federal environmental regulators, and not "lay juries," must be the ones who determine what is on herbicide labels.
February 17, 2026
Bayer AG unit Monsanto has agreed to pay up to $7.25 billion over as many as 21 years to resolve current and future claims that exposure to the weed killer Roundup caused non‑Hodgkin lymphoma, under a proposed nationwide class settlement filed Tuesday in Missouri state court in St. Louis.
January 16, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up Monsanto's appeal of a $1.2 million jury award in favor of a man who claimed that the Bayer AG subsidiary's Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, after the U.S. solicitor general urged the court to take the case last year.