- Attorney Kenneth Feinberg is appointed mediator for court-mandated settlement talks in U.S. litigation over allegations that Bayer's (OTCPK:BAYRY) Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
- The U.S. District Judge overseeing ~900 federal Roundup lawsuits appointed Feinberg after the parties failed to agree on a mediator.
- Feinberg previously led mediation talks over the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal and General Motors ignition switch litigation.
- More than 13K plaintiffs across the U.S. allege Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and that the company failed to warn about the risk; the vast majority of lawsuits are pending in various state courts.