Kansas federal courts rss feed Kansas federal courts on Twitter

Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation

14-md-2591

Judge Info

John W. Lungstrum
ksd_lungstrum_chambers@ksd.uscourts.gov

James P. O'Hara
ksd_ohara_chambers@ksd.uscourts.gov


Case Summary

According to the Transfer Order dated December 11, 2014 and filed in this Court on December 22, 2014: “These cases concern the Syngenta defendants’ decision to commercialize corn seeds containing a genetically modified trait, known as ‘MIR 162,’ that reportedly controls certain insects.  Corn with this trait has entered U.S. corn stocks but has not been approved for import by the Chinese government, which has imposed a complete ban on U.S. corn with this trait.  . . . Plaintiffs are corn growers and a grain exporter who suffered economic losses resulting from China’s refusal to accept MIR162 corn.  All actions involve common factual questions regarding Syngenta’s decision to commercialize the MIR162 genetically modified corn trait in the absence of Chinese approval to import corn with that trait.”  (footnote omitted.) For courthouse and hotel/travel information CLICK HERE.

- Any motion or petition for attorney fees or expenses that has been filed with the Court shall be supplemented by August 3, 2018. Petitioners shall complete and submit an Excel spreadsheet in the form attached hereto. Each petitioner should (a) file (through ECF) a printout of its spreadsheet in PDF form and (b) submit an electronic copy of its spreadsheet in Excel form by email to the Special Masters (Pursuant to order Doc. #3613) . Click here for Supplement Form for Attorney Fees -


Contact Info



Special Master

Ellen K. Reisman
REISMAN, KARRON & GREENE, LLP
1700 K Street N.W.
Suite 200
Washington , DC 20006
202-695-7705
Ellen.Reisman@rkgattorneys.com


Plaintiffs' Counsel

Don M. Downing (co-lead counsel)
Gray Ritter & Graham, PC
701 Market Street, Suite 800
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-241-5620
ddowning@grgpc.com
Patrick J. Stueve (liaison counsel/co-lead counsel)
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP - KC
460 Nichols Road, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64112

816-714-7110
stueve@stuevesiegel.com
Scott A. Powell (co-lead counsel)
Hare Wynn Newell & Newton - Birmingham
2025 3rd Avenue, Suite 800
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-328-5330
scott@hwnn.com
William B. Chaney (co-lead counsel)
Gray Reed & McGraw
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-954-4135
wchaney@grayreed.com


Plaintiff's Executive Committee

Christopher M. Ellis
Bolen Rosinson & Ellis, LLP
202 S. Franklin
Decatur, IL 62521

217-429-4296
cellis@brelaw.com
David F. Graham
Sidley Austin LLP - Chicago
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603

312-853-7596
dgraham@sidley.com
Jayne Conroy
Simmons Hanly Conroy - NY
112 Madison Ave. - 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016

212-784-6402
jconroy@simmonsfirm.com
Richard M. Paul, III
Paul McInnes, LLP
2000 Baltimore, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64157

816-984-8100
paul@paulmcinnes.com
Robert K. Shelquist
Lockridge Grindal Nauen
Suite 2200
100 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2159

612-339-6900
rkshelquist@locklaw.com
Scott E. Poynter
Emerson Poynter LLP - Little Rock
The Rozelle-Murphy House
1301 Scott Street
Little Rock, AR 72202

501-907-2555
scott@emersonpoynter.com
Stephen A. Weiss
Seeger, Weiss Law Firm
77 Water Street
26th Floor
New York, NY 10005

212-584-0700
sweiss@seegerweiss.com
Thomas V. Bender
Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, PC
2500 City Center Square
1100 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

816-421-6620
tbender@wbsvlaw.com


Steering Committee

Stephanie O'Connor
Douglas and London
59 Maiden Lane
6th Floor
New York, NY 10038
212-566-7500
soconnor@douglasandlondon.com


Defendants' Counsel

Michael D. Jones (Lead Counsel)
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
655 15th Street N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-879-5000
mjones@kirkland.com
Thomas P. Schult (Liaison Counsel)
BERKOWITZ OLIVER WILLIAMS SHAW & EISENBRANDT LLP.
2600 Grand Boulevard Suite 1200
Kansas City, Missouri 64108


816-561-7007
tschult@berkowitzoliver.com
Contact Info

Courtroom deputy for John W. Lungstrum
Sharon E. Scheurer
913-735-2325
(chambers) 913-735-2320

Courtroom deputy for James P. O'Hara
Sarah Spegal
913-735-2285
(chambers) 913-735-2280

Case Specific Forms

• ORDER ESTABLISHING PROTOCOLS FOR COMMON BENEFIT WORK (Doc. #936)
• Coordination Order (doc. #1099)
• ORDER REGARDING IRPA APPLICATIONS AND EXPENSE APPLICATIONS (Doc. #3886)
• Exhibit A to Doc. 3886 Excel for IRPA Claimant Data.xlsx
• Exhibit B to Doc. 3886 Expense Sheet for supplement for attorney fees submissions
Practice & Procedure Orders

• ORDER REGARDING FILINGS IN TAG-A-LONG ACTIONS: doc. 4325 (text only) There are four individual lawsuits pending in this court that have been identified as "tag-a-long actions" to this MDL: Cases numbered 14-2637, 15-9900, 17-2614, and 18-2408. There has been some confusion regarding whether pleadings, motions, and other documents pertaining solely to one of these individual cases should be filed on the master MDL docket or on the individual case's docket. Going forward, the procedure shall be that any document that applies solely to one of these individual cases shall be filed on the docket of the individual case. A notice of filing shall then be entered forthwith on the master MDL docket, noting the ECF docket number assigned to the filed document in the individual case.
• Preliminary Practice and Procedure Order Upon Transfer (doc. #2)
• Order clarifying Preliminary Practice and Procedure Order (doc. #4 - text entry)
• Order Concerning Appointment of Counsel (Doc. #67)
• Scheduling Order No. 1 (doc. #123)
• ORDER setting briefing schedule on Motions to Dismiss and various other deadlines (Doc. #445)
• Scheduling Order No. 2 (doc. #1098)
• Coordination Order (doc. #1099)
• Agenda for 03/15/2016 Motion Hearing/Status Conference (Doc. #1684)
• Order re: modification PPO for filing amended complaints in a tag-a-long cases (Doc. #2020)
• Scheduling Order No. 3 (Doc. #2368)
• AGENDA for October 4, 2016 Status Conference (Doc. #2551)
• PRETRIAL ORDER (Doc. #2848)
• TRIAL MANAGEMENT ORDER (Doc. #2984)
Memorandum & Orders

• Memorandum and Order re: Motion to Remand (Doc. #395)
• Memorandum and Order re: Common Benefit Order (doc. #403)
• Memorandum and Order re: entry of Common Benefit Order (Doc. #935)
• Memorandum and Order re: Motions to Dismiss (doc. #1016)
• Memorandum and Order re: motion to dismiss (Doc. #1679)
• Memorandum and Order re: joint motions to dismiss defendants' counterclaims and third party complaint (Doc. #1803)
• Memorandum and Order re: Syngenta's motion to strike producer plaintiffs' expanded class allegations (Doc. #1816)
• Memorandum and Order re: Motion to Reconsider (Doc. #2047)
• Memorandum and Order (Doc. #2426)
• Memorandum and Order (Doc. 2492)
• Memorandum and Order re: objection to magistrate judge order re motion to amend (Doc. #2502)
• Memorandum and Order re: Class Certification (Doc #2547)
• Memorandum and Order re: Motions to Remand (Doc. #2556)
• Memorandum and Order re: dismissal of Case No. 15-9637, Pospisil v. Syngenta (Doc. #2569)
• Memorandum and Order re: Notice of Class Action Lawsuit (Doc. #2703)
• Memorandum and Order ruling on Summary Judgment Motions (Doc. #3051)
• Memorandum and Order regarding Daubert motions (Doc. #3134)
• Memorandum and Order re: consolidated class trials (Doc. #3319)
• Memorandum and Order re: preliminary approval of settlement (Doc. #3531)
• ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN CLASS PLAINTIFFS AND THE SYNGENTA DEFENDANTS, PROVISIONALLY CERTIFYING THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, APPOINTING SETTLEMENT CLASS COUNSEL SUBCLASS COUNSEL, AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVES, APPROVING THE NOTICE PLAN, AND AUTHORIZING DISSEMINATION OF NOTICE, APPOINTING THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR AND CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR AND SPECIAL MASTERS, AND SETTING A SCHEDULE FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL PROCESS (Doc. #3532)
• Memorandum and Order re: final settlement approval (Doc. #3849)
• Memorandum and Order re: attorney fees and special master's report and recommendation (Doc. #3882)
• Memorandum and Order re: Motion for Order Concerning Final Allocation Orders (Doc. #4134)
• Memorandum and Order re: allocation of Minnesota state court common benefit pool of attorney fees (Doc. 4202)
• Memorandum and Order re: report and recommendation of special master concerning awards of expenses (Doc. #4203)
Conditional Transfer Orders

• Transfer Order (doc. #1)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-1) (doc. #3)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-2) (doc. #9)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-3) (doc. #12)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-4) (doc. #46)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-5) (doc. #68)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-6) (doc. #78)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-7) (doc. #100)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-8) (doc. #128)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-9) (doc. #131)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-12) (doc. #145)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-14) (doc. #298)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-15) (doc. #299)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-10) (doc. #318)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-11) (doc. #319)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-16) (doc. #321)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-17) (doc. #322)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-19) (doc. #328)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-20) (doc. #330)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-21) (doc. #332)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-22) (doc. #368)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-23) (doc. #377)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-24) (Doc. #381)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-25) (Doc. #391)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-26) (Doc. #398)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-30) (doc. #474)
• Order VACATING Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-28) (doc. #900)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-32) (doc. #901)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-29) (doc. #924)
• Order VACATING Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-29) (doc. 925)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-32) (doc. #928)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-33) (doc. #964)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-34) (doc. #967)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-35) (doc. #1054)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-36) (doc. #1055)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-37) (doc. #1109)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-38) (doc. #1188)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-39) (doc. #1210)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-40) (doc. #1226)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-41) (doc. #1227)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-42) (doc. #1228)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-43) (doc. #1229)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-44) (doc. #1230)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-45) (doc. #1247)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-46) (doc. #1259)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-47) (doc. #1272)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-48) (doc. #1302)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-49) (doc. #1312)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-50) (doc. #1331)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-52) (doc. #1446)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-53) (doc. #1453)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-54) (Doc. #1487)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-55) (Doc. #1544)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-56) (Doc. #1693)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-57) (Doc. #1738)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-58) (Doc. #1809)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-59) (Doc. #1969)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-60) (Doc. #1970)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-62) (Doc. #2023)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-61) (Doc. #2068)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-64) (Doc. #2101)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-65) (Doc. #2107)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-66) (Doc. #2133)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-67) (Doc. #2149)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-70) (Doc. #2363)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-69) (Doc. #2443)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-71) (Doc. #2455)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-72) (Doc. #2584)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-73) (Doc. #2585)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-74) (Doc. #2722)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-75) (Doc. #2723)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-76) (Doc. #2750)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-76) (Doc. #2750)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-78) (Doc. #2931)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-80) (Doc. #3429)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-81) (Doc. #3457)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-82) (Doc. #3458)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-84) (Doc. #3478)
• Order Lifting Stay of Conditional Transfer Order (Doc. #3543)
• Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-85) (Doc. #3544)
• Transfer Order (Doc. #3665)
• Transfer Order (Doc. #4372)
• Transfer Order (Doc. #4604)
Miscellaneous Orders

• ORDER RELATING TO ACTIONS FILED IN D.KAN. (doc. #116)
• ORDER relating to Consolidated Pleadings w/Notice to Conform attached (doc. #287)
• Order re: Motions to Remand in tag-a-long cases (doc. #344)
• PRESERVATION ORDER (doc. #369)
• ORDER setting briefing schedule on Motions to Dismiss and various other deadlines (Doc. #445)
• ORDER approving NEW Notices to Conform to Master Complaints w/Notices attached (Doc. #461)
• ORDER ESTABLISHING PROTOCOLS FOR COMMON BENEFIT WORK (Doc. #936)
• Agenda for Hearing/Conference on January 11, 2016 (doc. #1346)
• ORDER approving NEW Notice to Conform to Non-Producer Plaintiff's Second Amended Master Class Action Complaint (Doc. #1373)
• COORDINATION ORDER RELATED TO SETTLEMENT (Doc. #1600)
• Amended Order regarding qualification of documents generated by a party as authentic and/or records of regularly conducted activity (Doc. #1744)
• Order Appointing Special Master for Settlement (Doc. #1745)
• Order granting dismissal of Syngenta's 3rd party complaint against Cargill International S.A. (Doc. #1910)
• Order setting forth rulings from May 25, 2016 status conference (Doc. #2078)
• Amended ORDER Relating to Actions Filed in D. Kan. (Doc. #2105)
• Scheduling order No. 3 (Doc. #2368)
• Order re: 10/4/2016 status conference (Doc. #2563)
• Order from Tenth Circuit Court of appeals denying Rule 23(f) petitioner (Doc. #2741)
• Order Concerning Time Limits (Doc. #3182)
• Verdict returned on 6/23/2017 (Doc. #3304)
• JUDGMENT as to the Kansas and Nationwide Classes Certified by the Court (Doc. #3312)
• Order Setting Settlement Status Conference (Doc. #3481)
• Order Re Settlement Status Report (Doc. #3492)
• ORDER REGARDING HEARING ON APRIL 5, 2018 (Doc. #3523)
• ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO STAY AND TO ENJOIN PUTATIVE SETTLEMENT CLASS FROM COMMENCING OR PROSECUTING ANY RELATED CLAIMS PENDING FINAL APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT (Doc. #3533)
• Order regarding attorney fee submissions (Doc. #3613)
• Order Appointing Special Master re: attorney fees, expenses and service awards (Doc. #3812)
• Final Order and Judgment (Doc. #3850)
• Order Regarding Hearing on 12/17/2018 (Doc. #3855)
• Order setting deadlines re: fee award to the Kansas MDL common benefit pool (Doc. #3883)
• ORDER REGARDING IRPA APPLICATIONS AND EXPENSE APPLICATIONS (Doc. #3886)
• Memorandum and Order re: attorney fee allocation (Doc. #4128)
Settlement Information

• Order Appointing Special Master for Settlement (Doc. #1745)
• Affidavit of Ellen K. Reisman (Doc. #1746)
• Order Appointing Plaintiffs' Settlement Negotiation Committee in the Syngenta Litigation (Doc. #3366)
• Order Setting Settlement Status Conference (Doc. #3481)
• ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO ESTABLISH QUALIFIED SETTLEMENT FUND AND APPOINT CITIBANK, N.A. AS ESCROW AGENT (Doc. #3535)
• Order Appointing Special Master re: attorney fees, expenses and service awards (Doc. #3812)
Compaints

• Non-Producer Plaintiffs' Amended Master Class Action Complaint (Doc. #451)
• Milo Producer Plaintiffs' Master Complaint (Doc. #452)
• Syngenta's Counterclaim (Doc. #1224)
• Syngenta's Third-Party Complaint (Doc. #1225)
• Syngenta's Third-Party Complaint (doc. #1259)
• Producer Plaintiffs' Second Amended Class Action Master Complaint (Doc. #1377)
• Non-Producer Plaintiffs' Third Amended Master Complaint (Doc. #2530)
• Producer Plaintiffs' Third Amended Class Action Master Complaint (Doc. #2531)
• Producer and Non-Producer Plaintiffs' Consolidated Fourth Amended Class Action Master Complaint (Doc. #3505)
U.S. Federal Court District of Kansas

Contact Us | Employment | Privacy Policy | Seminars Disclosure | Report Judicial Misconduct | © 2015-2021 U.S. District Court of Kansas
500 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101 | 913-735-2200 | Hours of Operation
444 S.E. Quincy, Topeka, Kansas 66683 | 785-338-5400 | Hours of Operation
401 N. Market, Wichita, Kansas 67202 | 316-315-4200 | Hours of Operation

 


U.S. Federal Court District of Kansas

U.S. Federal Court District of Kansas RSS FeedU.S. Federal Court District of Kansas on Twitter