No class action against Monsanto

A seed company and a group of Midwestern farmers who sued Monsanto for allegedly monopolizing the biotech corn seed market were denied class-action status Monday in federal court in Wilmington, Del, according to this news brief in the St. Louis Dispatch.

The plaintiffs, led by American Seed Co. of Spring Grove, Pa., alleged that Monsanto used financial incentives and bundled rebate programs to drive competitors out of business.

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