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`WILKINSON STEKLOFF LLP
`Brian L. Stekloff (pro hac vice)
`(bstekloff@wilkinsonstekloff.com)
`Rakesh Kilaru (pro hac vice)
`(rkilaru@wilkinsonstekloff.com)
`2001 M St. NW
`10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20036
`Tel:
`202-847-4030
`Fax: 202-847-4005
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`HOLLINGSWORTH LLP
`Eric G. Lasker (pro hac vice)
`(elasker@hollingsworthllp.com)
`1350 I St. NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: 202-898-5843
`Fax: 202-682-1639
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`MONSANTO COMPANY
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` COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`Michael X. Imbroscio (pro hac vice)
`(mimbroscio@cov.com)
`One City Center
`850 10th St. NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel: 202-662-6000
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`BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP
`K. Lee Marshall (CA Bar No. 277092)
`(klmarshall@bclplaw.com)
`Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Tel: 415-675-3400
`Fax: 415-675-3434
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`IN RE: ROUNDUP PRODUCTS
`LIABILITY LITIGATION
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`Cervantes v. Monsanto Co., 3:19-cv-03015-VC
`Karman v. Monsanto Co., 3:19-cv-01183-VC
`Pecorelli v. Monsanto Co., 3:16-cv-06936-VC
`Peterson v. Monsanto Co., 3:18-cv-07271-VC
`Rehak v. Monsanto Co., 3:19-cv-01719-VC
`Schafer v. Monsanto Co., 3:19-cv-02169
`Seidl v. Monsanto Co., 3:17-cv-00519-VC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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` MDL No. 2741
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`Case No.: 3:16-md-02741-VC
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`DEFENDANT MONSANTO
`COMPANY’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE
`TESTIMONY OF DR. CHARLES
`BENBROOK, DR. CHARLES
`JAMESON, AND MR. STEPHEN
`PETTY
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`Hearing date: May 28, 2021
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`TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT beginning on May 28, 2021, in Courtroom 4 of the United
`States District Court, Northern District of California, located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San
`Francisco, CA 94102, or as ordered by the Court, Defendant Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”)
`will present its Motion to Exclude Testimony of Dr. Charles Benbrook, Dr. Charles Jameson,
`and Mr. Stephen Petty. Monsanto seeks an order excluding opinion of these witnesses under
`Federal Rule of Evidence 702.
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`DATED: March 18, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/s/ K. Lee Marshall___________
`K. Lee Marshall
`BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94111
`Tel: 415-675-3400
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`klmarshall@bclplaw.com
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`Monsanto hereby moves to exclude Plaintiffs’ experts Dr. Charles Benbrook, Dr. Charles
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`Jameson, and Mr. Stephen Petty under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert v. Merrell
`Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 589 (1993) in the above-captioned cases.1 Monsanto
`recognizes the Court’s Pretrial Order No. 202 (Dkt. No. 9143), which denied without prejudice
`Monsanto’s motions as to these three experts in Wave 1, on the basis that Monsanto’s challenges
`to these experts are more appropriately filed and ruled upon after the cases are transferred to
`Plaintiffs’ home districts for trial. See PTO 202 (Dkt. No. 9143) at 1-2 (the issues raised in
`Monsanto’s motion “should be left to the judges who will be trying the cases,” and thus “are
`denied without prejudice to filing new motions with the district judges who will be trying the
`cases” after transfer from the MDL).
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`Therefore, consistent with the Court’s instruction not to re-litigate issues previously ruled
`upon, but in order to fully preserve the record, Monsanto hereby incorporates the following
`pleadings that were filed on the MDL docket:
` Monsanto’s Motion to Exclude Testimony of Dr. Charles Benbrook (Dkt. No. 8006)
`and Reply in Support (Dkt. No. 8531)
` Monsanto’s Motion to Exclude Factual Testimony About IARC from Dr. Charles
`Jameson (Dkt. No. 8007) and Reply in Support (Dkt. No. 8528)
` Monsanto’s Motion to Exclude Testimony of Stephen Petty (Dkt. No. 8009) and
`Reply in Support (Dkt. No. 8536)
`By incorporating by reference its prior filings, Monsanto is in no way waiving any of the
`arguments raised therein.
`In accordance with Pretrial Order No. 202, Monsanto also hereby expressly preserves its
`right to file new motions to exclude Dr. Jameson, Dr. Benbrook, and Mr. Petty after the above-
`captioned cases are transferred to their home districts for trial, including raising case-specific
`arguments and/or additional arguments not previously raised in Wave 1.
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`1 Mr. Petty was disclosed as an expert witness only by Plaintiff Seidl, and thus this motion as to
`Mr. Petty applies only to Seidl v. Monsanto Co., 3:17-cv-00519-VC.
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`Dated: March 18, 2021
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`By:
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`/s/ K. Lee Marshall
`K. Lee Marshall
`BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94111
`Tel:
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`Fax: 415-675-3434
`klmarshall@bclplaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Monsanto Company
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`/s/ K. Lee Marshall
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 18th day of March, 2021, a copy of the foregoing was
`filed with the Clerk of the Court through the CM/ECF system which sent notice of the filing to
`all appearing parties of record.
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