Bayer seeks to end federal Roundup litigation after Supreme Court win

By Dietrich Knauth
Reuters
July 8, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, International

NEW YORK — Bayer will try to convince a federal judge ​to dismantle the federal litigation that consolidates nearly 4,000 lawsuits alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, seeking ‌to build on a recent legal victory at the U. Supreme Court. US District Judge Vincent Chhabria in San Francisco is holding a status conference to determine the path forward for those cases after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that plaintiffs cannot sue Bayer by arguing that Roundup’s warning ​label failed to warn users about cancer risks. Bayer has argued that the decision should lead to the dismissal ​of the consolidated federal litigation. The company has separately said the ruling is unlikely to affect more ⁠than 60,000 similar claims pending in state courts, most of which it is seeking to resolve through a proposed $7.25 billion settlement that ​a Missouri judge will review in August.

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