Tillery Less than a week after a Madison County judge gave the go-ahead to the appeal of a discovery order entered in one of a series of proposed class action suits against the makers of the weed-killer atrazine, there may be a cross appeal in the works.
One of a series of proposed class actions against the makers of the weed killer atrazine is headed to Mount Vernon as defendant Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. won its plea asking that questions be certified for appeal.
Crowder Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., a company facing both a Madison County and federal lawsuit over its popular weed killer is asking a Madison County judge to send what it calls Constitutional questions to the appellate court.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder will allow plaintiffs in one of a series of proposed class actions against a maker of the herbicide atrazine to discover evidence among non-parties to the litigation.
Reeg The Illinois Farm Bureau, trade groups, industry councils, universities and others lost their privacy through someone else's mistake and don't know if they will get it back.
Reeg The University of Chicago, Illinois Farm Bureau and other big trade groups are seeking to kill a series of subpoenas and deposition notices filed in a class action against various makers and distributors of atrazine.
Tillery A number of trade groups representing the chemical and fertilizer industries in Illinois are fighting subpoenas issued in one of a series of class action cases over alleged water contamination by a popular weed killer.
Howard Litigation reform advocate Philip K. Howard, author of Life Without Lawyers, is scheduled to speak at a luncheon in Chicago on Tuesday, March 3.