Reeg Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. agrees that some documents plaintiffs filed under seal in a proposed federal class action over alleged water contamination should never have been sealed.
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has set a June date to privately review documents in a 2004 proposed class action against Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. over alleged water contamination caused by atrazine.
Tillery CHICAGO – Stephen Tillery can't compel the Heartland Institute to reveal the sources of its support, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan decided on May 13.
Oxymorons can be amusing. Self-contradictory phrases like "peace protest" and "workers' paradise" are inherently funny -- and instructive as well, alerting us to the two-sided nature of the thing described.
Martin CHICAGO – Heartland Institute, seeking to protect the privacy of its contributors in federal court, asks District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan to strike Stephen Tillery's allegations that it created false reports on weed killer atrazine for Syngenta Crop Production.
Tillery The plaintiffs in a federal class action against Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. and Syngenta AG are asking the court to change the suit's case management order, a move that tdefendants oppose.
Do law students take courses in basic logic anymore? Or has professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. been replaced by lawyer-trained pragmatists who advocate gaming the system with fallacy-fueled emotional appeals to judges and juries?
Reeg The defendant fighting a proposed federal class action over alleged water contamination caused by the weed killer atrazine contends that it has "serious doubts" about why two environmental groups are asking to intervene in the suit brought by the City of Greenville, Ill. and to unseal documents in the case.
Who hasn't had this experience? A brother or a fellow student hits you, so you hit back. Then the instigator tells on you to a parent or a teacher and you get in trouble for hitting first. "That's not fair," you protest. "He hit me first. He started it."
Zigler SPRINGFIELD – Stephen Tillery of St. Louis argues at the Illinois Supreme Court that Heartland Institute of Chicago surrendered its right of free association by publishing research for the benefit of Syngenta Crop Protection.
Thompson Public relations executive Jayne Thompson said that an attempt to characterize a litigation support strategy for Madison County class action defendant Syngenta as a campaign of intimidation is "ridiculous" and "untrue."
Mudge A five-and-a-half year old public relations proposal cited last week by Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge as "hostile" toward the Madison County judicial system touches on more than just the county's judicial reputation.
Tillery The Holiday Shores Sanitary District has asked for more time to take a deposition related to a sanctions move in a proposed class action against Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., the maker of the weed killer, atrazine.
Tillery BENTON – U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert plans to start unsealing documents that Syngenta Crop Protection filed as confidential in litigation over weed killer atrazine.
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has ordered Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over public relations and other documents that the company had claimed were privileged to plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District.
Tillery Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. has filed two responses to sanctions moves aimed at it by the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action over alleged water contamination caused by the company's weed killer, atrazine.
Tillery A five hour settlement conference did not result in the end of a federal class action suit brought against the maker of the popular weed killer atrazine.
Bast CHICAGO – Attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis, seeking to ban weed killer atrazine and force its producers to build water treatment plants throughout the Midwest, could also end up destroying a research institute that favors free enterprise.
Tillery The lead plaintiff in one of a series of class actions filed over the alleged contamination of water by the herbicide atrazine is asking Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to order the defendant in one of those suits to answer its discovery questions.
Tillery Lead plaintiff Holiday Shores Sanitary District has asked Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to order defendant Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to turn over documents related to Chicago public relations firm Jayne Thompson & Associates (JTA) that it claims are not privileged.