Monsanto Court Papers and Depositions

• Feb. 27, 2018 Partial Deposition (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)
• Nov. 16 and 17, 2017 Partial Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Nov. 16, 2017 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript
• Feb. 27, 2018 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Jay Goodman (Defense Expert Witness, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
at Michigan State University)

• Sept. 22, 2017 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Hugh Grant (Monsanto Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 2003-2018)

• Feb. 4, 2019 Deposition
• Feb. 4, 2019 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial

James Guard (Global Roundup Lawn & Garden Lead, Bayer Crop Science)

• Sept. 13-14 2018 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial
• Sept. 14, 2018 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court)and transcript

Neel Gupta, M.D. (Treating Physician for Plaintiff Alberta Pilliod)

• Jan. 23, 2019 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Edwin Hardeman (Plaintiff in Hardeman v. Monsanto Co.)

• Nov. 8, 2018 Partial Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

William Heydens (Monsanto Regulatory Product Safety Assessment Lead)

• Jan. 23, 2017 Partial Deposition (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)
• Jan. 23, 2017 Partial Deposition – Monsanto Selections (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 23-24 2017 Partial Deposition Re: Ghostwriting (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 23-24 2017 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Charles Jameson (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Former Senior Chemist for the National Cancer Institute’s Rodent Bioassay Program)

• Jan. 10, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 21, 2017 Deposition and Related Documents (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 21, 2017 Depo

Daniel Jenkins (Former Monsanto US Agency Manager for Regulatory Affairs)

• March 21, 2017 Partial Deposition (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)

Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Plaintiff in Johnson v. Monsanto Co.)

• Dec. 7, 2017 Deposition (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)

Larry Kier (Monsanto consultant)

• Feb. 5, 2019 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial

Michael Koch (Product Safety Team Lead, Bayer Crop Science) – Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto

• Jan. 11, 2019 Partial Deposition Re: Concern with Long-Term Studies (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 11, 2019 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Mark Martens (Former Monsanto Executive, Toxicology Agriculture Research & Development Director for Monsanto Europe) Re: Dr. Parry Report – Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Co.

• Apr. 7, 2017 Partial Deposition (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)
• Apr. 7, 2017 Partial Deposition Re: Parry Report (1 of 3) (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Apr. 7, 2017 Partial Deposition Re: Parry Report (2 of 3) (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Apr. 7, 2017 Partial Deposition Re: Parry Report (3 of 3) (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Apr. 7, 2017 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Doreen Manchester (Deputy General Counsel for CropLife America)

• Feb. 8, 2019 Deposition

Roger McClellan (Editor in Chief at Critical Reviews in Toxicology)

• Feb. 6, 2019 Deposition
• Exhibit 1: Subpoena to Testify at a Deposition in a Civil Action
• Exhibit 2: Plaintiffs’ Amended Notice to Take the Videotaped Deposition of Roger McClellan
• Exhibit 3: Responses to Subpoena Bates numbered RM00001 – RM001196
• Exhibit 4: Responses to Subpoena Bates numbered RM00001 – RM001195
• Exhibit 5:Documents Bates numbered RM00457 – RM001192
• Exhibit 5a: Group of Curriculum Vitae
• Exhibit 6: Curriculum Vitae of Roger O. McClellan
• Exhibit 7: Document Bates numbered MONGLY06987082 with attachment
• Exhibit 8: Review on Genotoxicity Studies of Glyphosate and Glyphosate-based Formulations
• Exhibit 9: E-mail string Bates numbered MONGLY02145917 – MONGLY02145930
• Exhibit 10: String of e-mails Bates numbered KIERPROD000238722 – KIERPROD00023877
• Exhibit 11: E-mail string Bates numbered KIERPROD00023007 – KIERPROD00023009
• Exhibit 12: Document Bates numbered MONGLY04086537
• Exhibit 13: E-mail string Bates numbered KIERPROD00002850 – KIERPROD00002852
• Exhibit 14: Monsanto Manuscript Clearance Form Global Regulatory
• Exhibit 15: Documents Bates numbered MONGLY02788071 – MONGLY02788076
• Exhibit 18: Documents Bates numbered MONGLY02286842 – MONGLY02286843
• Exhibit 19: Document Bates numbered MONGLY03086147
• Exhibit 20: Documents Bates numbered MONGLY01045298 – MONGLY01045306
• Exhibit 21: E-Mail exchange between Monsanto’s Bill Hayden, Donna Farmer and David Saltmiras, Feb. 17, 2015, Re: IARC Planning, Bates Numbered MONGLY02078597 – MONGLY02078599
• Exhibit 23: Document Bates numbered MONGLY01228576
• Exhibit 24: Document entitled Critical Reviews in Toxicology Correction
• Exhibit 30: Document Bates numbered MONGLY2844211 – MONGLY02844228
• Exhibit 32: E-mail string Bates numbered MONGLY01000676 – MONGLY01000679 with attachment

Lorelei Mucci (Defense Expert Witness, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

• Jan. 23, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 22, 2017 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Samuel Murphey (Head of Global Issues Management, Bayer Crop Science)

• Jan. 22, 2019 Deposition
• Jan. 22, 2019 Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript
• Jan. 22, 2019 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial

Chadi Nabhan (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Chief Medical Officer for Cardinal Health, Chicago)

• Dec. 14, 2018 Deposition with Redactions (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Aug. 23, 2017 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 15, 2018 Deposition with Redactions (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Alfred Neugut (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Medical Oncologist and Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Columbia University)

• Jan. 3, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Aug. 7, 2017 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Christopher Portier (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Former Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

• Feb. 23, 2019 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial
• Sept. 5, 2017 Deposition with Redactions (Johnson v. Monsanto Co., California State Court)
• Jan. 12, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Feb. 21-22, 2019 Deposition Played at Hardeman Trial

Kavitha Raj, M.D. (Treating Physician for Plaintiff Alva Pilliod)

• Jan. 8, 2019 Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Todd Rands (Global Corporate Strategy, External Advocacy Lead & Strategic Transactions Counsel, Monsanto/Bayer)

• Feb. 12, 2019 Deposition

William Reeves (Global Health and Safety Issues Management Lead, Bayer Crop Science)

• Jan. 24, 2019 Partial Deposition Re: Formulation Testing (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 23-24 Partial Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript
• Jan. 23-24, 2019 Partial Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Jennifer Rider (Defense Expert Witness, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

• Jan 23, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 21, 2017 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Beate Ritz (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Chair of the Epidemiology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles)

• Jan. 19, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 18, 2017 Deposition with Related Documents (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Matthew Ross (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Associate Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University)

• May 3, 2017 Deposition and Related Documents (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

James Rubenstein, M.D. (Treating Physician for Plaintiff Alberta Pilliod)

• Feb. 7, 2019 Deposition (video) (Pilliod v. Monsanto Co., Roundup JCCP, California State Court) and transcript

Andrei Shustov (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Oncologist at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance)

• Dec. 16, 2018 Deposition with Redactions (Stevick v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Richard Turley (Edwin Hardeman’s Physician)

• Oct. 30, 2018 Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Roger Turk (Edwin Hardeman’s Physician)

• Oct. 31, 2018 Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Dennis Weisenburger (Plaintiff Expert Witness, Chairman of the Department of Pathology at City of Hope National Medical Center)

• Dec. 20, 2018 Deposition with Redactions (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Sept. 11, 2017 Deposition and Related Documents (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)
• Jan. 22, 2018 Deposition (Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Jeffrey Ye (Edwin Hardeman’s Physician)

• Oct. 30, 2018 Deposition (Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., Federal Roundup MDL, U.S. District Court)

Court Papers from Monsanto Roundup MDL

Hundreds of Monsanto Roundup lawsuits have been consolidated into a multi-district litigation (MDL-2741 In Re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation) before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in the Northern District of California in San Francisco. Below are some of the court documents pertaining to the Monsanto Roundup MDL (federal litigation).

• Transcript of Hearings, Ramirez et al. v. Monsanto Company (183 pages) (5.19.21)
• Supplemental Science Week Testimony, Dr. Beate Ritz(176 pages) (4.4.18)
• Supplemental Science Week Testimony, Dr. Christopher Portier(190 pages) (4.6.18)
• Monsanto Daubert Hearing Oral Argument Transcript(pages 1-97) (3.14.18)
• Science Week Hearing Transcript Day 1(213 pages) (3.5.18) – On the first day of Science Week, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria heard from Dr. Beate Ritz Chair of the Epidemiology Department at UCLA, of Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), and Dr. Dennis Weisenburger, Chair of the Pathology Department of the City of Hope Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
• Science Week Hearing Transcript Day 2 (pages 214-370) (3.6.18) – On the second day of Science Week, the court recalled Dr. Dennis Weisenburger, Chair of the Pathology Department of the City of Hope Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Judge Chhabria also heard from Dr. Alfred Neugot, a Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and Associate Director for Population Sciences for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Science Week Hearing Transcript Day 3(pages 371-595) (3.7.18) – The third day of Science Week, included testimony from Dr. Alfred Neugut, a Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and Associate Director for Population Sciences for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center; Dr. Charles Jameson, who worked for the National Institute of Health’s National Cancer Institute and was a member of the IARC Working Group for Monograph 112; and Dr. Christopher Portier, formerly of the National Institute for Environmental Sciences National Toxicology Program, the National Center for Environmental Health, Center for Disease and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Science Week Hearing Transcript Day 4(pages 596-770) (3.8.18) – The fourth day of Science Week, included testimony from Dr. Christopher Portier, formerly of the National Institute for Environmental Sciences National Toxicology Program, the National Center for Environmental Health, Center for Disease and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Dr. Aaron Blair and Dr. Matthew Ross, both of IARC Working Group 112 (by deposition); Dr. Thomas Rosol and Dr. Christopher Corcoran, both experts for Monsanto
• Science Week Hearing Transcript Day 5(pages 771-1012) (3.9.18) – The fifth and final day of Science Week included testimony from Dr. Chadi Nabhan, a board-certified clinical medical oncologist and past Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago; Dr. Christopher Corcoran, professor of Mathematics and Statistics and director of Data Management and Statistics Core, Center for Epidemiologic Studies at Utah State University; and Dr. Lorelei A. Mucci, associate professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
• Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Chris Portier (7 pages) (2.16.18)
• Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Dennis Weisenburger in Support of General Causation(5 pages) (2.16.18)
• Supplemental Expert Report of Alfred Neugut (14 pages) (2.16.18)
• Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Beate Ritz(14 pages) (2.16.18)
• Dr. Chris Portier Expert Report(97 pages) (10.28.17)
• Expert Report Problems with AHS Study(14 pages) (10.28.17)
• Deposition of Matthew Ross and related documents(398 pages) (10.28.17)
• Plaintiffs’ (1) Response in Opposition to Monsanto Company’s Daubert and Summary Judgment Motion Based on Failure of General Causation Proof and (2) Daubert Motion to Strike Certain Opinions of Monsanto Company’s Expert Witnesses (79 pages) (10.27.17)– A Daubert motion is used to exclude expert witness testimony when an expert does not possess the requisite level of expertise or used questionable methods to obtain data. In response to Monsanto’s Daubert, attorneys for the Plaintiffs list the many reasons why there is no basis to exclude the Plaintiffs’ general causation experts’ opinions. In the Plaintiffs’ Daubert motion, attorneys argue that several of Monsanto’s expert witnesses do not apply reliable methodologies in reaching their opinions.
• Expert Report of Dr. Portier in Support of General Causation(250 pages) (10.6.17)
• Expert Report of Dr. Dennis Weisenburger(150 pages) (10.6.17)
• Expert Report of Dr. Alfred Neugut(127 pages) (10.6.17)
• Expert Report of Dr. Chadi Nabhan(61 pages) (10.6.17)
• Expert Report of Dr. Beate Ritz (73 pages) (10.6.17)
• Expert Report of Dr. Charles Jameson(77 pages) (10.6.17)
• European Parliament requesting U.S. court documents in Monsanto Roundup litigation (3 pages) (7.13.17) – Four members of EU Parliament wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asking for access to court documents from the Roundup cancer litigation. The letter expressed “strong doubts” on the validity of EU glyphosate assessments.
• Monsanto’s notice of appeal and representation statement (5 pages) (7.6.17)
• Order granting motion to remand (3 pages) (7.5.17) – U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria granted the motion of Plaintiffs to move their Roundup cancer case against Monsanto back to state court in Northern California, despite Monsanto’s efforts to keep the case in federal court. In his ruling, Judge Chhabria rejected Monsanto’s theory for keeping the case federal, and warned of fees if the court is “presented with similarly flimsy theories of removal in the future.”
• Videotaped deposition of John Acquavella PhD, day 1 redacted (146 pages) (Discovery document not filed in court) (7.3.17)
• Videotaped deposition of Matthew Ross PhD (315 pages) (Discovery document not filed in court) (7.3.17)
• Aaron Earl Blair deposition (301 pages) and exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19A, 19B, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. (6.16.17)
• Remand hearing transcript (19 pages) (6.15.17)
• Unredacted versions of plaintiffs’ motion to compel the production of kidney tissue slides and exhibits 1 and 4(18 pages) (6.8.17) – Roundup cancer attorneys have hired an expert pathologist to analyze the tissue slides from a 1983 Monsanto rodent study on Glyphosate. The analysis could help prove that Monsanto covered up known health risks associated with glyphosate.
• Conditional transfer order (CTO-21)(2 pages) (6.1.17)
• Miller FOIA lawsuit v. EPA(9 pages) (5.29.17)
• Pretrial order no. 24: modified schedule for general causation phase(2 pages) (5.26.17)
• Monsanto supplement to May 22, 2017 discovery letter(1 page) (5.26.17)
• Plaintiffs’ supplement to May 22, 2017 discovery letter(2 pages) (5.26.17)
• Letter on dispute over renal tissue slides from Study BDN-77-420 and schedule(5 pages) (5.22.17)
• Plaintiffs’ opposition to continuance of hearing date for plaintiffs’ remand motion(5 pages) (5.19.17)
• Monsanto motion to continue unilaterally-noticed hearing date for plaintiffs’ remand motion(5 pages) (5.18.17)
• Bio/dynamics kidney slide memo to pathologist regarding glyphosate feeding study in mice(3 pages) (5.16.17)
• Memo from Monsanto’s George Levinskas on kidney tumors(2 pages) (5.16.17) – In 1985, George Levinskas, Monsanto’s manager for environmental assessment and toxicology, sent an internal memo implying that a noted academic would review tissue slides from a 1983 glyphosate rodent study and present the evaluation to EPA “in an effort to persuade the agency” that tumors observed in the study weren’t related to glyphosate exposure. The memo was purportedly written before the academic, Dr. Marvin Kuschner, had even seen the slides.
• Pretrial orders on motions to compel production and additional testimony(2 pages) (5.15.17)
• Plaintiffs’ reply in support of remand(14 pages) (5.12.17)
• Declaration of Pedram Esfandiary in support of reply and request for attorney fees and associated costs(4 pages) (5.12.17)
• Transcript of court proceedings: May 11, 2017(64 pages) (5.11.17)
• Plaintiffs’ reply in further support of motion to compel responses from Jess Rowland(9 pages) (5.10.17) – Former EPA official Jess Rowland is a central figure in the Monsanto Roundup litigation. Court documents show that Rowland allegedly had a cozy relationship with Monsanto while working at EPA.
• Plaintiffs’ reply in further support of motion to compel slides of kidney tissue from mice in study BDN-77-420(10 pages) (5.10.17)
• Monsanto motion to strike and response re: plaintiffs’ 4/28/17 motion to file under seal(5 pages) (5.10.17)
• Email from plaintiffs re: deposition of Jess Rowland(3 pages) (5.9.17)
• Jess Rowland’s opposition to motion to compel responses from Jess Rowland(23 pages) (5.9.17) – Former EPA official Jess Rowland, who allegedly had ties to Monsanto while working for the agency, asked the Court to deny Roundup cancer attorneys’ motion to compel further information, and to terminate his discovery obligation.
• Jess Rowland’s motion to file under seal(3 pages) (5.9.17)
• Monsanto motion to strike and response re: administrative motion to file under seal(4 pages) (5.5.17)
• Monsanto’s opposition to motion to compel slides of kidney tissue from mice in study BDN-77-420(10 pages) (5.5.17)
• Declaration of Jess Rowland’s lawyer regarding motion to file under seal(6 pages) (5.2.17)
• Monsanto’s answer to plaintiffs’ complaint(26 pages) (5.2.17)
• Goodbred v. Monsanto amended complaint(41 pages) (5.2.17)
• Order denying Monsanto motion to increase page limit(1 page) (5.2.17)
• Pretrial order no. 20: denying motion to de-designate Heydens deposition(2 pages) (5.1.17)
• Pretrial order no. 22: Jameson and Ross depositions(1 page) (5.1.17)
• Plaintiffs’ arguments over duration of Jameson & Ross depositions(2 pages) (5.1.17)
• Monsanto letter on Jameson & Ross depositions(3 pages) (5.1.17)
• Monsanto’s motion to increase page limit for opposition to plaintiffs remand motion(3 pages) (5.1.17)
• Monsanto’s motion to strike plaintiffs’ reply exhibit 1 and unredacted version of reply(4 pages) (4.28.17)
• Plaintiffs’ motion to compel responses from deponent Jess Rowland(11 pages) (4.28.17) – In his deposition, Jess Rowland confirmed to Roundup cancer attorneys that since leaving EPA, he has consulted for three chemical companies with “close ties to Monsanto.”
• Judge Chhabria orders Jess Rowland to answer questions about his post-EPA work(1 page) (4.24.17)
• Plaintiffs request for hearing to address Jess Rowland’s refusal to answer questions(2 pages) (4.24.17)
• Plaintiffs motion to compel the production of all original and re-cut slides of kidney tissue from mice in study BDN-77-420(8 pages) (4.21.17)
• Monsanto’s response to plaintiffs’ request for production of documents(14 pages) (4.21.17)
• Plaintiffs reply in support of motion to strike confidentiality of Heydens deposition(5 pages) (4.20.17) – Per court documents, Monsanto started the aptly-named “Let Nothing Go” program to leave nothing, not even Facebook comments, unanswered. According to the motion, “through a series of third parties, it [Monsanto] employs individuals who appear to have no connection to the industry, who in turn post positive comments on news articles and Facebook posts, defending Monsanto, its chemicals, and GMOs.
• Judge Chhabria’s order on pretrial redaction of identifying information(1 page) (4.18.17)
• Judge Chhabria’s order on additional discovery about IARC(1 page) (4.18.17)
• Monsanto letter on privacy of non-party individuals(6 pages) (4.14.17)
• Plaintiffs’ amended notice to take videotaped deposition of Jesudoss Rowland(3 page) (4.6.17)
• Plaintiffs: administrative motion to file under seal(25 pages) (4.6.17), see especially pp. 6-10 – According to the documents, Monsanto executive William Heydens “appears to have spent a great deal of his career ghostwriting ‘science’ papers to protect Roundup, those efforts rivaled in time and scope only by his colleague David Saltmiras, PhD. This has been an important subject of this litigation so far, and is central to general causation; Monsanto relies heavily upon the scientific literature and governmental approvals of glyphosate for its general causation defense; as the Court is aware, however, the discovery process is yielding substantial evidence that Monsanto is often the puppetmaster behind scientific articles that are positive for the company, as well as U.S. EPA deliberations and reports.”
• Monsanto: discovery dispute(10 pages) (4.4.17)
• Monsanto Company’s answer to plaintiff’s complaint(31 pages) (3.24.17)
• Plaintiffs’ notice to take videotaped deposition of Jesudoss Rowland(4 pages) (3.23.17)
• Plaintiffs submission in response to pretrial order no. 8(3.14.17)
• Judge Vince Chhabria’s ruling to unseal documents(3.13.17) – U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is overseeing the Roundup cancer MDL in Northern California, threatened to sanction Monsanto if the agrochemical giant persisted in “overbroad” efforts to keep documents relevant to the litigation out of public view. Judge Chhabrias’s ruling allowed for the unsealing of thousands of court documents obtained in discovery.
• Plaintiffs’ reply in support of motion to compel deposition of Jess Rowland(2.27.17). Key document: Marion Copley letter on p. 11(2.27.17) – Marion Copley worked at EPA for decades. She and Jess Rowland worked together. In a letter to Rowland, Copley urged him, “for once in your life, listen to me and don’t play your conniving games with the science to favor” the chemical industry. Copley’s letter goes on to say that Rowland and another EPA official “intimidated staff” into changing reports on glyphosate.
• Pretrial order no. 8: order requesting briefing re relevance of EPA and IARC(1.25.17)
• Summary of ORD comments on OPP’s glyphosate cancer assessment(12.14.15)