{"id":154236,"date":"2026-06-09T14:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/09\/bayer-elevates-litigation-chief-to-group-general-counsel-amid-ongoing-legal-battles\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:21:22","slug":"bayer-elevates-litigation-chief-to-group-general-counsel-amid-ongoing-legal-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/09\/bayer-elevates-litigation-chief-to-group-general-counsel-amid-ongoing-legal-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Elevates Litigation Chief to Group General Counsel Amid Ongoing Legal Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following its 2018 acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer has spent years defending tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that Roundup weed killer causes cancer and has incurred billions of dollars in related litigation and settlement costs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" 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