Bayer postpones more glyphosate lawsuits in pursuit of settlements

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Bayer is facing 42,700 US plaintiffs with analysts putting the size of a future settlement at between $8bn and $12bn

Environmental activists before Bayer's AGM in Bonn, Germany, April 26 2019. Picture: REUTERS/THILO SCHUELGEN

The company, which is facing 42,700 US plaintiffs, is widely expected to eventually buy itself out of the litigation, with analysts putting the size of a future settlement at between $8bn and $12bn. A second case due to begin on January 21 in the California superior court for Alameda County would also be postponed until a date yet to be determined.

 

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