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12Aug

$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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07May

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...

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28Oct

Thomas Collins elected as LCA Fellow

Thomas W. Collins, III, has been elected as a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a national honorary society which is limited to the top 1/2 of 1 percent of litigation attorneys. Collins was installed as a Fellow at the fall meeting of the society in Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina on October 24. Firm members Joseph Blanton and Bryan Nickell are also LCA fellows.

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27Aug

Blanton Law Firm News

Diedre Peters, formerly an associate with the Firm, became a member of the Firm effective January 1, 2019.  Diedre is a native of Bertrand, Missouri and is a graduate of Charleston High School.   Diedre is a graduate of Columbia College and a magnum cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law.  While in law school, Diedre served as an Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review.  Diedre focuses her practice on litigation and transactions. Joseph Blanton and Bryan Nickell obtained a defense...

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31Oct

Patrick Douglas Appointed to 2018 Nominating Committee for Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association

Attorney Patrick Douglas has been appointed to the Nominating Committee for 2018 for the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association. The purpose of this Committee is to develop a recommendation of people to serve as Officers, Executive Committee Members, and State Vice Presidents for the upcoming year. The Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association was first organized in 1922 and is comprised of 145-member organization includes levee boards, drainage districts, municipalities, port and harbor commissions, other State agencies and businesses throughout the...

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17Oct

Hanschen Recognized with Two Legal Honors

SIKESTON—Shaun D. Hanschen of Sikeston was recently recognized with two distinguished awards for his legal work in Missouri. Hanschen was awarded the David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award by The Missouri Bar Foundation during the Missouri Bar Annual Meeting on September 26 in St. Louis. He also was named as one of 45 Up & Coming attorneys by Missouri Lawyers Media on October 12 during an awards luncheon at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. The David J. Dixon Appellate...

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15Aug

Attorney Patrick Douglas now a Member of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association

Attorney Patrick Douglas has become a member of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association. The Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association was first organized in 1922 and is comprised of 145-member organization includes levee boards, drainage districts, municipalities, port and harbor commissions, other State agencies and businesses throughout the Mississippi River Watershed which is 41% of the United States of America. The Association is comprised of a large group of individuals who are businessmen, property owners, conservationists, farmers, attorneys, doctors,...

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06Aug

Carole Hillis Honored as a 2018 Legal Hero by Missouri Lawyers Weekly

SIKESTON—Carole Hillis, BSN, RN, was honored as a 2018 Unsung Legal Hero in the Paralegal category by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. Carole Hillis is an in-house, nurse paralegal for Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglass and Hanschen, LLC. Hillis has a broad range of clinical experience that is very valuable to her firm. Since joining the firm, Hillis has had over a decade of experience in evaluation of complex medical issues in medical legal cases. Hillis also provides assistance in representation of the firm’s...

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30Jul

Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas & Hanschen, LLC Now Accepting Dicamba Crop Claims

If you are a farmer, you’ve likely seen the signs of Dicamba damage in our local bootheel counties.  Cupped soybean leaves, stunted growth, and ultimately, reduced yields are a result of this damage.  If you have suffered Dicamba related damage, Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas & Hanschen , LLC is happy to help.  We live in Southeast Missouri, and this is clearly a problem for our local agricultural economy.  We will be happy to discuss your claim and help you obtain compensation for your...

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