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Civil Litigation

May 22, 2019

Contractor posed as journalist in Bayer weedkiller trial

An employee of a Washington-based consulting firm contracted by Bayer AG posed as a journalist for increased access to a landmark trial over allegations Monsanto’s weedkiller causes cancer.

An employee of a Washington-based consulting firm contracted by Bayer AG posed as a journalist for increased access to a landmark trial over allegations Monsanto's weedkiller causes cancer.

The woman represented herself as a freelance journalist to attorneys and other media members but was actually working with FTI Consulting Inc., whose clients include Monsanto and its parent company.

The employ...

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