Group:  11th Circuit Should Grant Renewed Request For Rehearing In Roundup Case

Mealey's (November 23, 2022, 10:47 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — The national trade association for the pesticide industry has filed an amicus curiae brief in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals supporting Monsanto Co.’s renewed petition for rehearing en banc, contending that review is needed “to correct a significant error of law on an issue of exceptional importance,” which is whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state duty-to-warn claims regarding glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup....