A federal judge sent Bayer’s proposed $7.25 billion Roundup settlement back to ‌state court, overruling objections from plaintiffs who had argued the state court had no power to implement a nationwide resolution of lawsuits that claim the company’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. US District Judge Henry Edward Autrey sided with Bayer, concluding that the objecting plaintiffs did not have the power to transfer the ​case to federal court because only the defendant has that right. The ruling is likely to bolster Bayer’s efforts ​to win approval of the sweeping settlement by restoring the case to the state court where the deal is ⁠being fast‑tracked and avoiding the risk that the settlement would be reviewed by a different federal judge who has already criticized the deal. …In a separate case, the US Supreme ⁠Court is weighing ​Bayer’s argument that federal law governing pesticides should prevent plaintiffs from suing under state laws.