Supreme Court Rules 7-2 for Monsanto in Roundup™ Case, Containing Decade-Long Litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a 7-2 ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell, holding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims where the EPA has made a definitive determination on crop protection product safety. The majority opinion states that requiring a cancer warning on Roundup™'s label would impose