Third Circuit Roundup Ruling Splits with Ninth and Eleventh Over Pesticide Product Labeling Preemption Issue

On August 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Schaffner v. Monsanto that the plaintiff’s Pennsylvania state-law claims, which asserted that Monsanto failed to warn about alleged cancer risks presented by glyphosate (the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup), were expressly preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide … Continue reading “Third Circuit Roundup Ruling Splits with Ninth and Eleventh Over Pesticide Product Labeling Preemption Issue”