11th Circuit Judges Grill Monsanto Attorney During Roundup Preemption Case

(June 14, 2023, 4:10 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — In oral argument on June 13, two 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals judges questioned an attorney for Monsanto Co. over the propriety of his client’s funding of the appeal at hand pertaining to product labeling and preemption of state-specific failure-to-warn claims.  One judge asked the attorney whether Monsanto’s payment to the appellant was designed to create a circuit split (John Carson v. Monsanto Company, No. 21-10994, 11th Cir.)....