Syngenta and DuPont announced technology licensing agreements that will broaden each company's crop protection product portfolio and enable both to bring new products to market more efficiently. Syngenta has obtained a global license from DuPont to develop products containing DuPont's fungicide oxathiapiprolin. The development of this new piperidinyl thiazole isoxazoline class of fungicides represents a significant improvement for growers in the control of diseases in potatoes, grapes, vegetables and other specialty crops. Under the agreements, Syngenta receives exclusive rights for foliar and soil uses on all crops in North America and for lawn and garden uses globally. Syngenta also secures rights on certain crops for seed treatment globally and for the development of foliar and soil uses on certain crops outside of North America. The agreement gives DuPont exclusive access to Syngenta's Solatenol(TM) for mixture with DuPont's picoxystrobin fungicide on soybean and other crops in Brazil. Solatenol(TM) is a new benz-pyrazole SDHI fungicide which brings a new mode of action with no cross-resistance to existing fungicides. It offers outstanding and long-lasting control of Asian rust in soybean.

DuPont and OCP announced the creation of a joint venture to provide consulting and training services to improve the safety, operational and environmental performance of companies in Morocco and other African countries. The joint venture will be named DuPont OCP Operations Consulting, and DuPont and OCP will each hold 50% of its share capital. This joint venture will combine the internationally renowned expertise of DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) and OCP's world-class industrial experience and local market knowledge to provide consulting and training services in the areas of employee and contractor safety and training, process safety management, asset productivity, energy efficiency, integrated operations, sustainability strategy and environmental management. DuPont OCP Operations Consulting will help OCP and industrial companies in Morocco and the region achieve world-class safety and sustainability performance.

The attorneys at Wright & Schulte, LLC have filed an Imprelis lawsuit on behalf of an Indiana Country Club and Golf Course. This case (case no. N13C-04-044 EMD) was filed on April 4, 2013 and names E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company as the defendant. As with previously filed Wright & Schulte Imprelis lawsuits, this case will be litigated in the Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County. This Imprelis tree damage lawsuit contends that many of the trees and much of the landscaping on the Country Club's golf course was irreparably ruined after a few applications of Imprelis. The resulting Imprelis tree damage, according to the complaint, allegedly resulted in the Country Club losing a significant amount of business and profits. Additionally, this Imprelis Lawsuit contends that DuPont failed towarn consumers about the risks of severe Imprelis tree damage, even going as far to blame consumers for Imprelis tree damage due to not properly applying the herbicide, after many consumer nationwide had reported problems with Imprelis. Despite the fact that some Imprelis tree damage lawsuit have been consolidated into a class action lawsuit, that is being litigated in a federal court in Philadelphia, (Case No. 11-md-2284), many plaintiffs have choosen to opt out of the Imprelis class action lawsuit, especially in light of the reportedly paltry settlement offers DuPont hasmade in these cases. In fact, Richard Schulte, a partner with Wright& Schulte LLC, has stated that the Imprelis settlement offers DuPonthas made to date are insufficient and will not cover the extensive costs caused by Imprelis tree damage. According to court documents, employees of the plaintiff had applied Imprelis to the golf course grounds in April 2011 in an attempt toincrease the aesthetic appeal of the landscaping to patrons. Unfortunately, however, the use of Imprelis allegedly had the opposite effect and resulted in extensive damage to the golf course's trees, shrubbery, flowers and other plant life. Some of the signs of Imprelis treedamage that were apparent to the plaintiffs included browning, curling, twisting, stunted leaf growth and stem die-back. As a direct result of this Imprelis tree damage, the complaint alleges that the Country Club lost patrons and that the business' profits took a nosedive. EPA Orders DuPont to Stop Selling Imprelis.