The Supreme Court today heard arguments in the case in which Monsanto, the maker of the weed killer Roundup, asked the court to throw out a settlement on the grounds that failure-to-warn lawsuits in

Court sides with Monsanto, this could accelerate, and even cement, the political trend of shielding pesticide companies from liability.

The dispute centers on Monsanto’s popular line of Roundup herbicide products, whose main active ingredient is glyphosate.

As activists rallied outside the Supreme Court during the glyphosate hearing, their concerns offered a different perspective from the arguments inside. The post Anti-glyphosate agitators rally on

Protesters gather at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in Washington, D.C., as justices prepared to weigh in on pesticide warning labels and an individual’s ability to sue for potentially harmful products. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Mar 26, 2026 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. Brief amici curiae of Roundup and Paraquat MDL Court-appointed Leadership filed.

Monsanto has a big day in court April 27, where lawyers for the indirect subsidiary of Bayer will present arguments in hopes that a favorable Supreme Court decision will make thousands of Roundup cases go away.

John Lee Hancock is gearing up for the shoot of courtroom drama Monsanto starring with Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern in Germany. The drama revisiting the real-life legal battle against chemical giant Monsanto will star Bailey as attorney Brent Wisner who led a lawsuit against the US company Monsanto alleging that its Roundup herbicide product caused cancer.