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17NovNovember 17, 2020

Sikeston Law Firm Garners Third U.S. News Best Lawyers Listing

SIKESTON -- Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen, LLC in Sikeston, Mo., has been named a Tier 1 law firm for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Commercial Litigation in the St. Louis Metropolitan by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms in 2021,” and the firm was also named a Tier 2 law firm for Products Liability Litigation – Defendants in the St. Louis Metropolitan. This is the 11th consecutive year U.S. News & World...

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29SepSeptember 29, 2020

Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen, LLC, proudly welcomes

Tony C. “Trey” Watkins, III, as an associate to the firm. Trey graduated with a Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law in May 2020 and was sworn into the Missouri Bar in September 2020. While a law student, Trey served on the Southern Illinois University School of Law Journal as Note Editor and Staff. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science/Pre-Law from Fontbonne University in St. Louis where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He received Fontbonne’s Outstanding Graduate...

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12AugAugust 12, 2020

$400 Million Dicamba Settlement Agreement Reached

Monsanto’s successor Bayer AG has agreed to pay up to $300 Million to soybean producers and additional amounts to producers of other non-soybean and specialty crops who have suffered dicamba damage from dicamba sprayed ‘over the top’ of dicamba tolerant soybeans or cotton between 2015 and 2020. Bayer has agreed to pay attorneys fees, litigation expenses and claims administration expenses and other costs in addition to the amounts provided to qualified claimants. The total settlement value is expected to...

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07MayMay 7, 2020

Firm News

Firm attorneys have continued to represent clients in both transactions and litigation matters during the Covid Virus response while honoring the requests of elected officials. Throughout the social distancing program, Firm lawyers have remained available to clients with respect to issues relating to the pandemic response and regular legal matters. In March, Diedre Peters closed large asset purchases of two separate businesses in the agricultural services sector for a firm client. In March, Joseph Blanton completed a transaction in which a...