Lawyer who fought Monsanto arrested on extortion charges

摘要

Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a criminal complaint against Timothy Litzenburg,who represented people affected by the herbicide Roundup, on charges that the Virginiaattorney attempted to extort $200 million from a global chemical manufacturingcompany.Litzenburg faces charges of "transmitting interstate communications with intent to extort,attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion and transmit interstatecommunications with intent to extort," according to the Justice Department.The unnamed manufacturing company is referred to as Company 1 in the suit, and theparent company is referred to as Company 2.