Florian Mueller

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49 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 23 Jul

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FT News Briefing · US oil refineries race against dwindling supply · 23 Jul 2026 podcast

And it's a little bit like, how shall I say, like a time bomb.

Every time the bank thinks that they can look into the future, something from the past pops up.

And so the question is, when will this actually stop?

Thanks for having me.

FT News Briefing · Jamie Dimon succession race narrows · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

They were in a big crisis, and now this offers them a way out.

So at the end, it's great news for the company and for their CEO, Bill Anderson.

Basically, this case is about the allegation that the weed killer Roundup would have caused cancer.

And so they've been battling over this for years.

And a lot of different state courts basically ruled that Bayer was liable and basically they had failed to warn Bayer.

the consumers of the risk that the product might cause cancer.

And Bayer has always argued that basically a lot of state regulators, including the EPA in the US, had said that their product was safe and that actually they were not allowed to put a warning label.

on their bottles.

And so in the end, this became a matter for the U.S.

Supreme Court, which now needed to decide.

This is very significant for the company because Bayer has already paid more than 10 billion US dollars in litigation ever since they bought Monsanto and they might have ended up paying a huge amount more if this verdict now wouldn't have come in and given them a stronger legal argument in the tens of thousands of cases which are still ongoing.

Other claimants might find it harder now to sue Bayer

And at the same time, Bayer right now is pursuing another class settlement.

So that's why investors are so relieved because basically the litigation costs risk now is finally known.

And this is not such a grave danger anymore.

So the verdict of the US Supreme Court is the first step.

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