Bayer’s $39 Million Roundup Deal Shorts Consumers, States Say (1)

Eleven Republican state attorneys general have filed a friend of the court brief urging the Eighth Circuit to reconsider its June decision signing off on Bayer’s $39 million Roundup settlement.

“Class action settlements like this one—where less than 30% of the funds accrue to injured class members—fail to adequately compensate those class members,” the states argue.

The brief, filed Thursday, supports a settlement objector’s petition for rehearing by the full US Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit.

According to the states, the panel’s June 29 decision upholding approval of the deal turns the court’s decision in In re BankAmerica Corp. ...