Judge picks Maurice Blackburn-led Monsanto class action to go first

Anna Robertson 2020-05-01 8:17 pm By Alison Eveleigh | Sydney

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A judge has declassed one of three class actions against Monsanto over its allegedly cancer-causing weedkiller and chosen the proceedings brought by heavyweight plaintiff-firm Maurice Blackburn to go first, while seeking to appease the competing firm’s fear of being “swallowed” by a larger rival.

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