"Bayer Roundup settlement: $11 billion deal at risk of collapse", 28 August 2020.

German chemicals giant Bayer's settlement to resolve thousands of US lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer is in jeopardy after a judge overseeing the suits threatened to restart litigation...US District Court Judge Vince Chhabria cast doubt over the agreement reached in June after lawyers representing some of the consumers accused the company of reneging on the $11 billion (€9.3 billion) deal.

Bayer is battling approximately 125,000 lawsuits linked to Roundup weed killer and its other glyphosate-based products manufactured by Monsanto, a seed and chemical company it acquired in 2018 for a record $63 billion...The judge raised concerns about whether Bayer had manipulated the settlement process since it was announced...

Bayer said it was confident in the finalization of the settlement over the next month without restarting litigation. "There are often some bumps in the road in implementing a resolution of this magnitude, but we remain confident that a comprehensive settlement will be finalized and executed," the company said in a statement.

A lawyer for consumers said he was prepared to bring cases to trial...Judge Chhabria told both sides to continue negotiation and confer the next steps should the stay on litigation be removed. He will revisit the matter on September 24 to discuss progress...