date:Jun 19, 2012
The decision relates to an impressive legal battle, in which five million Brazilian farmers are trying to recover payments made to the company over the past decade. If the case is won, the biotech colossus faces costs of up to 6.2bn ($7.5bn).
The values involved could total 15 billion reais ($7.5bn),the Superior Tribunal of Justice said on its Web site.
An initial decision made by a local Brazilian court in April ruled that the biotech enterprise could not charge farmers for use of their gen