Investors v. Bayer

Case nature :
Civil court
Plaintiffs types :
Economic stakeholders
Defendants :
Bayer
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Glyphosate
Complaint date :
December 30, 2021
Place of jurisdiction :
Germany, Cologne (Köln)
Summary :

Investors believe that Bayer violated its obligations related to the law on capital markets in its 2018 acquisition of Monsanto by failing to adequately inform them about the financial risks…

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CBD et al v. EPA

Case nature :
Administrative
Plaintiffs types :
Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups
Defendants :
EPA
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Insecticide, Cyantraniliprole (CTP)
Complaint date :
December 21, 2021
Place of jurisdiction :
United States, Washington
Summary :

Two Conservation groups file a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to comply with a court order requiring it to protect endangered species from the toxic insecticide cyantraniliprole….

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CFS et al v. EPA

Case nature :
Administrative
Plaintiffs types :
Health/Food groups, Environmental NGOs
Defendants :
EPA, Michael S. Regan
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Insecticide, Neonicotinoid
Complaint date :
December 14, 2021
Place of jurisdiction :
United States, San Francisco
Summary :

With no answer to a 2017 legal rulemaking petition calling on EPA to close a regulatory loophole that allows seeds coated with systemic pesticides (coated seeds) to evade the registration and labeling requirements…

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Armando Lazo Bautista V. Ivanhoé Faille

Case nature :
Administrative
Plaintiffs types :
Farm/rural workers
Defendants :
Farmers
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Herbicide, Insecticide, Organophosphate, Fungicide
Complaint date :
No description
Place of jurisdiction :
Canada, Québec
Summary :

In a judgment of December 3, 2021, the Administrative Labor Court of Richelieu-Salaberry recognized the non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosed in August 2016 in Armando Lazo Bautista,…

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State of Washington v. Amazon.com

Case nature :
Arbitration court
Plaintiffs types :
Governments
Defendants :
Amazon.com
Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs), General Use Pesticides (GUPs)
Complaint date :
November 22, 2021
Place of jurisdiction :
United States, State of Washington
Summary :

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon will pay $2.5 million for selling highly regulated pesticides on its online platform without a license and without collecting information about their use as required by law….

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