Monsanto Tells Supreme Court FIFRA Preempts Roundup Claims, Invokes ‘Common Sense’

( February 24, 2026, 2:15 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monsanto Co. on Feb. 23 filed a merits brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in litigation over whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state law failure-to-warn claims based on the content of pesticide product labels related to the herbicide Roundup, arguing that “preemption here comports with both Congress’ will and common sense.”  The next day, the Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF) filed an amicus curiae brief supporting Monsanto....