Entity register
Named defendants
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- 3M CompanyIndustrial conglomerate; resolved the largest mass tort in U.S. history by claim count (Combat Arms earplugs, ~$6B for ~260,000 claims) and faces decades of PFAS liability with a documented internal record dating to the 1970s.MMM (NYSE)
- Abbott LaboratoriesHealthcare and nutrition company; defendant (with Mead Johnson) in the preterm infant formula / NEC litigation — MDL-3026 before Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, 810 cases pending.ABT (NYSE) · 1 CASE
- Bayer AGGerman pharmaceutical and agriculture conglomerate; defendant in the Roundup (glyphosate) litigation it acquired with Monsanto in 2018. More than $60 billion in market value lost across the litigation arc; roughly $11 billion committed to settlements; a June 2026 Supreme Court preemption ruling went in its favor.BAYN (Xetra) / BAYRY (OTC)
- DuPont / ChemoursChemical manufacturers at the origin of PFAS litigation: DuPont's internal C8 research documented health effects decades before disclosure, extracted into the public record by the litigation that inspired 'Dark Waters.'DD / CC (NYSE) · 1 CASE
- Johnson & JohnsonHealthcare conglomerate; defendant in the largest active MDL in America — 68,435 talcum powder cases as of July 2026 — after three dismissed bankruptcy attempts and a documented decades-long internal asbestos record.JNJ (NYSE)
- L'Oréal USACosmetics conglomerate; lead defendant (with other manufacturers) in the chemical hair relaxer litigation — the fourth-largest active MDL at 11,877 pending cases.OR (Euronext) / LRLCY (OTC) · 1 CASE
- Merck & Co.Pharmaceutical major; current defendant in the Gardasil (MDL-3036) and Zostavax (MDL-2848) vaccine litigations, and the defendant in Vioxx — the settlement that shaped the modern mass-tort playbook.MRK (NYSE)
- Meta PlatformsOperator of Facebook and Instagram; defendant in the social media adolescent addiction MDL (2,893 pending cases) — and, uniquely, the platform that in April 2026 began removing plaintiff-recruitment ads for the litigation against itself.META (Nasdaq)
- Philips (Respironics)Medical-device maker; defendant in the recalled CPAP/BiPAP litigation (MDL-3014), the docket that pioneered the modern census-registry model for holding unfiled claims.PHG (NYSE) · 1 CASE
- Purdue PharmaOxyContin maker; twice a federal felon — 2007 misbranding, 2020 fraud and kickback conspiracies — with a $5.5 billion criminal sentence imposed in 2026 within the opioid settlement architecture.(private; in bankruptcy)
- Uber TechnologiesRideshare platform; defendant in the passenger sexual assault MDL — 3,940 pending cases before Judge Charles R. Breyer in the Northern District of California.UBER (NYSE) · 1 CASE