Besonders dieser Satz: "What all of Bayer's strategies have in common is that they will take years, and none is guaranteed to succeed. "
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"Finally, the company for years has been pursuing another legal argument that could limit its liability: that the approval of Roundup's label by federal regulators years ago means it cannot be sued for failing to warn consumers of alleged cancer risk.
Bayer has tried to get that argument before the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court, but so far, it has been rebuffed. Still, two pending appellate cases could open the door again, and Bayer has said it believes a Supreme Court victory on the issue would wipe out most of the Roundup litigation.
What all of Bayer's strategies have in common is that they will take years, and none is guaranteed to succeed. It could be a year or more before the Supreme Court hears any case, and if Bayer hopes to win at the state level, it would need to do so separately in each state's highest court, after making its way through mid-level appellate courts.
"It's almost naturally a bet-the-company posture," said David Noll, a Rutgers Law School professor who studies mass torts. "The litigation is in this strange holding pattern where Bayer is confident that it will eventually win on the science and knock out the entire litigation, but in the meantime, it's getting clobbered with verdicts."
At the same time, it is not clear how easily Bayer could settle the litigation overall - though it has settled some individual cases before trial...."
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