Lawyers for US cancer sufferers challenge Bayer’s $7.25bn Roundup settlement deal

The weedkiller Roundup for sale in Encinitas, California, in 2017.Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters · Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters A group of 14 law firms representing nearly 20,000 plaintiffs is seeking to intervene in Bayer’s proposed class-action settlement of Roundup litigation, citing concerns that the deal will not be fair to cancer sufferers. The group filed both a motion to intervene and a motion for an extension of time for court preliminary approval of the deal in St Louis city circuit court in M ...