Supreme Court strikes down injunction against genetically modified seed
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Monsanto Company v. Geerston Seed Farms that the district court abused its discretion when it issued a nationwide...
Supreme Court strikes down injunction against genetically modified seed
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Monsanto Company v. Geerston Seed Farms that the district court abused its discretion when it issued a nationwide...
Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...
Supreme Court hears arguments on genetically modified crop injunction
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms on what conditions must be met to obtain...
Supreme Court to consider release of names on same-sex marriage petition
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in five cases. In Doe v. Reed , the Court will consider whether the First Amendment allows a state to...
South Korea court says US companies liable for making Agent Orange
The Seoul High Court on Thursday ordered Dow Chemical and Monsanto to pay $65.2 million in damages for the negligent manufacture of defoliants used during the Vietnam War, including Agent Orange . The money...
States brief ~ KS Supreme Court removes county judge for viewing online porn
Leading Friday's states brief, the Kansas Supreme Court removed Saline County District Judge George. R. Robertson from the bench today for viewing pornography from his office computer. The court stated that the conduct of a single judge may...
States brief ~ Iowa high court rules city cannot control adjacent nature preserve
Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today that Cedar Rapids does not have the authority to expand its control to include a preserve adjacent to the city because the city's extra-territorial jurisdiction does not...
Corporations and securities brief ~ KPMG settles with SEC over Xerox charges
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, KPMG LLP , the US unit of accounting firm KPMG International , has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle with the SEC over charges that it allowed...
Vietnamese plaintiffs have condemned a US district judge's dismissal of their class action against Agent Orange manufacturers for alleged harms since the defoliant was used by the US military. The lawsuit against Dow Chemical and Monsanto among...
Chemical companies that supplied Agent Orange to the US military in Vietnam asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese citizens who say they were poisoned by their exposure. Lawyers for the Monsanto,...