High Court Seeks DOJ Views on Bayer's Roundup Appeal (Connecting the Dots: Bayer, Michelle Obama, Sidley Austin LLP, Barack Obama, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, The Center for American Progress, FDA, EPA, Monsanto Company, A Modern-Day Holocaust & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Monday,
30 June 2025 10:20 AM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-doj-bayer/2025/06/30/id/1217000/
The
Supreme Court asked President Donald Trump's administration on Monday for its
views on Bayer's bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company's
Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in
damages.
Bayer asked
the justices to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to uphold a $1.25
million verdict awarded by a St. Louis jury in a case in Missouri state court
in which a plaintiff named John Durnell sued after being diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he attributed to his exposure to Roundup.
The
Supreme Court asked the Justice Department for its views on whether the
justices should take up the appeal.
The
Missouri Court of Appeals rejected the German pharmaceutical and biotechnology
company's contention that federal law governing pesticides bars lawsuits like
Durnell's making claims under state laws. Bayer is facing more than 67,000 such
lawsuits in U.S. state and federal courts. Other federal and state appellate
courts have made similar rulings.
Roundup
is among the most widely used weedkillers in the United States.
Bayer
is arguing that consumers should not be able to sue it under state law for
failing to warn that Roundup increases cancer risk because the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has
found no such risk and requires no such warning. Bayer argued that federal law does not
allow it to add any warning to the product beyond the EPA-approved label.
The
company appealed the verdict in Durnell's case to the Missouri Court of
Appeals.
Lawyers
for Durnell asked the Supreme Court to turn away Bayer's appeal. They said the
plaintiff relied on Bayer's advertising and not just the label when he chose to
use Roundup, and the company's marketing failed to warn consumers of the
product's risks.
The
company has paid about $10 billion to settle most of the Roundup lawsuits that
were pending as of 2020, but failed to get a settlement covering future cases.
New lawsuits have continued to pour in since then. Plaintiffs have said they
developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other forms of cancer due to using
Roundup, either at home or on the job.
Bayer,
which acquired Roundup as part of its $63 billion purchase of agrochemical
company Monsanto
in 2018, has said that decades of studies have shown Roundup and its active
ingredient, glyphosate, are safe for human use.
The
company has had a mixed record at trial in the Roundup lawsuits. Bayer has
prevailed in a series of Roundup trials, but it was also hit with large jury
awards in the past few years, including a $2.1 billion verdict in a case in the
U.S. state of Georgia in March.
Bayer
has asked the Supreme Court to consider the Roundup litigation before, but was
rebuffed in 2022. Since then, one federal appeals court agreed with the company
in a split from other appeals courts.
Bayer
has threatened to withdraw Roundup from the U.S. market as it fights the
litigation. The company replaced glyphosate in U.S. consumer products with
different weedkilling substances.
Bayer
AG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_AG
The Bayer company then became part of IG
Farben, a German chemical company conglomerate. During World War II, the IG
Farben used slave labor in factories attached to large slave labor camps,
notably the sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[2] IG Farben
owned 42.5% of the company that manufactured Zyklon B,[3] a chemical used in
the gas chambers of Auschwitz and other extermination camps. After World War
II, the Allies broke up IG Farben and Bayer reappeared as an individual
business. The Bayer executive Fritz ter Meer, sentenced to seven years in
prison by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, was made head of the supervisory
board of Bayer in 1956, after his release.
Bayer
has discovered, among others:
Parathion,
also called parathion-ethyl or diethyl parathion, is an organophosphate
compound. It is a potent insecticide and acaricide. It was originally developed
by IG Farben in the 1940s. It is highly toxic to non-target
organisms, including humans. Its use is banned or restricted in many countries,
and there are proposals to ban it from all use. Closely related is "methyl
parathion"
Propoxur,
insecticide
Propoxur
(Baygon) is a carbamate insecticide and was introduced in 1959. Propoxur is a
non-systemic insecticide with a fast knockdown and long residual effect used
against turf, forestry, and household pests and fleas. It is also used in pest
control for other domestic animals, Anopheles mosquitoes, ants, gypsy moths,
and other agricultural pests.[1][2] It can also be used as a
molluscicide.[2][3][4]
Several
US states have petitioned the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to
use propoxur against bedbug infestations, but the EPA has been reluctant to
approve indoor use because of its potential toxicity to children after chronic
exposure.
Pharmaceutical
Giant Bayer Directly Responsible For Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Friday,
April 13, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/04/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-directly.html
Pharmaceutical
Giant Bayer Directly Responsible For Auschwitz Concentration Camp
www.oye.news
Published
on Feb 26, 2017
It was
also where IG Farben tested its products. Prisoners who were considered
appropriate candidates were sent to the IG Auschwitz factory. There they were
used for human experiments of new vaccines being developed. The unlucky
individuals sent to the gas chambers were privy to another kind of IG Farben
invention – the synthetic gas Zyklon-B. The
IG
Auschwitz factory was not the only place where human testing was being
conducted on victims. IG Farben had its own concentration camp. There, tested
vaccines and chemicals were applied to both sick and healthy individuals, in
the form of injections, pills, enemas and powders. Many fell seriously ill or
died as a result of these tests.
Bayer
bought many of these prisoners from the Auschwitz camp. Letters have been found
written between the two organisations regarding the buying of 150 inmates, who
were to be used for the testing of a new sleeping pill. The women were bought
at 170 RM (Reichsmark) each, and records show they were in a satisfactory
condition, despite being emaciated.
Researchers
Note: Think about this the next time you take that daily baby aspirin!
Side
effects of daily Aspirin – is it beneficial to take it every day?
http://www.medicineinanswers.com/side-effects-of-daily-aspirin/
Drawbacks
There
is no drug that is free from disadvantages and Aspirin is not an exemption from
that rule. Some of its drawbacks are:
Aspirin
may alter normal blood coagulation time and may cause severe bleeding. In case
of any invasive procedures (surgery), it may cause harmful effects. If you are
taking Aspirin, it is important to notify your doctor about this.
If you
are taking Aspirin or Warfarin, then do not include garlic in your diet as it
may prolong your bleeding time and may cause dangerous consequences.
Overdosage
of Aspirin can cause ototoxicity (damage to the structures of ear).
Aspirin
is contraindicated (restricted) in case of eye injuries or contusion of eye
ball.
Pruritus
(itching) can be caused due to Aspirin.
Aspirin
is considerd as one of the top allergic drugs.
Aspirin
lowers immunity power by suppressing the synthesis of prostaglandins which have
a great role in inflammatory reaction and stimulation of antibodies.
Regular
use of Aspirin may cause kidney or bladder stones.
Aspirin
alters the results of urine and blood tests (eg. Laboratory test for
catecholamine levels, urine glucose levels, etc.).
Aspirin
is contraindicated for hyperthyroid patients.
Taking
Aspirin with alcohol may result in severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Remember
not to take Aspirin with tea, coffee or any carbonated beverages.
Aspirin
can cause gastric irritation and ulcers.
Aspirin
cause severe hepatic (liver) damage.
Aspirin
is contraindicated for patients suffering from bleeding disorders (hemophilia).
Bayer
CropScience is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Crowell
& Moring was the lobby firm for Bayer CropScience.
Stephanie
Daigle is a senior policy adviser at Crowell & Moring
and was an associate administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Carol M.
Browner was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the energy czar for the Barack
Obama administration, and is a senior fellow, director at the Center
for American Progress.
Melody C.
Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress,
the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama
administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Open Society Foundations was a funder at the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American
Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
(think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George H.
Poste is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
Robert J.
Stevens is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
George Soros is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Open Society Foundations was a funder at the Center
for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress and is the lobby firm for Monsanto
Company.
Jose H.
Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress and
a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Scott
Parven is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
and was the chairman, public policy for Mayer Brown.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Joshua
Tzuker was a lobbyist for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP and is counsel at Crowell & Moring.
Crowell
& Moring was the lobby firm for Bayer CropScience.
Bayer
CropScience is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer HealthCare is
a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare and Monsanto.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cameron F. Kerry is a
senior counsel for Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Paul M.
Achleitner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a supervisory board member for Bayer AG.
Klaus
Kleinfeld was a supervisory board member for Bayer AG and
is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Mark B. McClellan was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Michael R. Taylor is
the deputy commissioner for foods for the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and was the VP for public policy at the Monsanto
Company.
Sidley
Austin LLP was the lobby firm for the Monsanto Company and
is the lobby firm for the Bayer HealthCare.
Bayer
HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer
CropScience is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Mayer Brown was
the lobby firm for the Bayer Corporation.
William M.
Daley was a partner at Mayer Brown, the chief of staff for
the Barack Obama administration and is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
William
M. Daley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Daley
Professional
career
Daley returned
to the practice of law, as a partner with the firm Mayer
Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt)
from 1993 to 1997.
Robert A.
Helman is a partner at Mayer Brown, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Mayer Brown was
the lobby firm for the Bayer Corporation.
Gregory
S. Babe is the president & CEO for the Bayer Corporation
and a director at the American Council on Germany.
Joseph
McLaughlin is a director at the American Council on Germany and
a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley
Austin LLP was the lobby firm for the Monsanto Company and
is the lobby firm for the Bayer HealthCare.
Bayer HealthCare is
a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Cameron F. Kerry is a
senior counsel for Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and Valerie B. Jarrett’s great
uncle.
George H.
Poste is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
Robert J.
Stevens is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
George Soros
is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank), the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations, was a supporter for the Center for American Progress
and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Open Society Foundations was a funder at the Center
for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center
for American Progress and is the lobby firm for Monsanto Company.
Jose H.
Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress and
a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Scott
Parven
is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and was
the chairman, public policy for Mayer Brown.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Joshua
Tzuker was a lobbyist for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP and is counsel at Crowell & Moring.
Crowell
& Moring was the lobby firm for Bayer CropScience.
Bayer
CropScience is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer HealthCare is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Klaus Kleinfeld is a director at Bayer AG, a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the American
Council on Germany.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Gregory
S. Babe is the president & CEO for the Bayer Corporation and
a director at the American Council on Germany.
Joseph
McLaughlin is a director at the American Council on Germany and
a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for Bayer HealthCare and Monsanto.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP and a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and the president for the Barack
Obama administration.
Valerie B. Jarrett was
the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, a friend
of Michelle Obama and Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s
great niece.
Cameron F. Kerry is a
senior counsel for Sidley Austin LLP, John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Paul M.
Achleitner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a supervisory board member for Bayer AG.
Klaus
Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and was a supervisory board member for Bayer AG.
Bayer
CropScience is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Crowell
& Moring was the lobby firm for Bayer CropScience.
Joshua
Tzuker is counsel at Crowell & Moring and was a lobbyist
for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Scott
Parven is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
and was the chairman, public policy for Mayer Brown.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer HealthCare is
a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Sidley
Austin LLP is the lobby firm for the Bayer HealthCare and was
the lobby firm for the Monsanto Company.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Monsanto
Company and was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros was
a supporter for the Center for American Progress, the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank) and the
founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
George H.
Poste is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
Robert J.
Stevens is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank) and a director at the Monsanto Company.
Open Society Foundations was a funder at the Center
for American Progress.
Jose H.
Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress and
a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Scott
Parven is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
and was the chairman, public policy for Mayer Brown.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Resources:
Past Research
GE,
Walmart, AT&T, Google Among Center for American Progress Donors (Past Research on the Center for American Progress)
Saturday,
December 14, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/ge-walmart-at-google-among-center-for.html
Monsanto
and Bayer CropScience in deals to share technology (Past
Research on Monsanto)
Monday,
October 21, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/monsanto-and-bayer-cropscience-in-deals.html
Protesters,
Construction Workers, And Police Clash Outside Monsanto Plant In Argentina
(Video) (Past Research on Monsanto)
Friday,
November 29, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/protesters-construction-workers-and.html
Bayer
(Connecting the Dots: Bayer, Sidley Austin LLP, Pfizer Inc. (Covid Vaccine
Manufacturer), FDA, Johnson & Johnson (Covid Vaccine Manufacturer), Vaccine
Injuries & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Bayer)
Tuesday,
December 19, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/12/bayer-connecting-dots-bayer-sidley.html
Researcher’s
Note: Sometimes we need to see all the information in one place. Let’s start
with IG Farben. (Past Research on Bayer)
Sunday,
December 29, 2019
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2019/12/researchers-note-sometimes-we-need-to.html
Sidley Austin Clears
PR Firm of Wrongdoing in Work for Monsanto
The
firm concluded that FleishmanHillard did not break the law when it compiled
lists to be used in Monsanto's PR
campaign to obtain reregistration in Europe of the controversial pesticide
glyphosate, known commercially as Roundup.
By
Simon Taylor | September 09, 2019 at 03:07 PM
Authorisation
of the pesticide glyphosate, known commercially as Roundup, was up for renewal
in the EU this year. Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.com
The
lobbying firm working for agrichemical company Bayer did not break the law by compiling
information about stakeholders, according to a report by law firm Sidley
Austin that was commissioned by Bayer.
Bayer
HealthCare paid Sidley Austin $200,000 to lobby government on Medicare
reimbursement
WASHINGTON
AP - Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary
of German drug maker Bayer AG, paid
Sidley Austin LLP $200,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of
2007, according to a recent disclosure form.The firm lobbied Congress and the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Medicare reimbursement issues and
other matters, according to form posted online.
September
20, 2007 at 12:00 AM
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/almID/1202552203809/
WASHINGTON
AP – Bayer HealthCare, a
subsidiary of German drug maker Bayer AG,
paid Sidley Austin LLP $200,000 to lobby the federal government in
the first half of 2007, according to a recent disclosure form.
Obama
connection to Sidley Austin still strong
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2894644/posts
The
future president was an intern in 1989. The future first lady was an
associate. Barack Obama turned down a job offer at the end of his
internship, Michelle Obama left the firm, and the two married in 1992.
wo decades later, Sidley Austin is faring well under the Obama
administration.
Sidley
Austin also lobbies for clients with big stakes in Washington, including the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Bayer HealthCare and
Grifols, a global healthcare company. In 2011, the firm had 21 registered
lobbyists in the capital and pulled in nearly $3 million in lobby fees.
Pharmaceutical
Giant Bayer Directly Responsible For Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Past Research on Bayer & Auschwitz Concentration Camp)
Friday,
April 13, 2018
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/04/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-directly.html
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