Bayer, which owns Monsanto, announced this month a proposed $7.25 billion settlement, its second attempt to resolve the Roundup litigation through a class-action agreement.

Corporate defendants are “operating in a new era of enhanced class action risks,” according to global law firm Duane Morris.

The Roanoke-based tech company and former executives faced civil allegations of securities fraud. The settlement is neither an admission nor a concession to plaintiffs, according to a ...