A Virginia attorney involved in litigation against Monsanto Co. over health risks associated with Roundup weed killer has been accused by federal prosecutors of trying to extort $200 million from an unnamed company. Timothy Litzenburg, of Charlottesville, was arrested on ...

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Monsanto said Wednesday it will pay about $350,000 to settle class action lawsuits brought by farmers in seven states over genetically modified wheat.

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Lawsuits were filed beginning in June after wheat modified to withstand Monsanto’s Roundup Ready weed killer was discovered growing on an Oregon farm eight years after nationwide field tests ended.

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Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, plans to withdraw its applications for planting genetically modified crops in the European Union after more than a decade of hostility from consumers and governments.

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Monsanto field-tested the modified wheat in 16 states, including Washington, from 1998 to 2005, dropped the project and never sought U.S. approval to market the wheat for planting, according to a complaint filed Thursday in federal court in Spokane.

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Monsanto Co., the world’s biggest seed company, can’t use a European patent on its Roundup Ready soybeans to block Argentinean soy meal imports, the European Union’s highest court said. The ruling by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg follows ...

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Monsanto Co., Pfizer Inc. and Solutia Inc. failed to reimburse Medicare for health services provided to individuals who won a $300 million verdict against the companies, the U.S. said in a lawsuit. The complaint also names insurers American International Group ...

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Monsanto Co., which is suing to prevent DuPont Co. from producing soybean seeds that combine the companies’ herbicide-resistant traits, said DuPont’s antitrust counterclaim may slow the case by years and confuse jurors. Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed maker, wants the ...

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Monsanto Co. was cleared by a jury of allegations that its Anniston, Ala., plant exposed five people to toxic levels of PCBs, leaving them with health problems. The five former residents of Anniston, the first of about 2,900 to take their lawsuit claims to trial, alleged the Monsanto plant dumped polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, onto land and into waterways nearby for decades, boosting the risk of diabetes and arthritis.

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