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Hair relaxer cancer claims Updates

Updated Oct 4, 2026

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    Scheduling posture in MDL-3060 (N.D. Ill., Judge Mary Rowland): the court took direct control of bellwether selection (April 2026), scrapping the party alternating-picks system; bellwether fact discovery closed June 10, 2026; case-specific Daubert and summary…

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Sources

  1. Court docket notice 2041, September 24, 2026 (primary court-document mirror)Court docket notice 2041, September 24, 2026 (primary court-document mirror) · court
  2. JPML transfer order, February 6, 2023JPML transfer order, February 6, 2023 · court
  3. Chang et al.: original study abstract, 2022Chang et al.: original study abstract, 2022 · study
  4. JPML pending actions report, October 1, 2026 (cached primary PDF)JPML pending actions report, October 1, 2026 (cached primary PDF) · court
  5. ABA Model Rule 1.5: feesABA Model Rule 1.5: fees
  6. Court guide: filing time limitsCourt guide: filing time limits · court
  7. Health-record access, 45 CFR 164.524Health-record access, 45 CFR 164.524 · regulator
  8. JNCI 2022 original author abstract via PubMedNational Library of Medicine · study
  9. Scheduling posture in MDL-3060 (N.D. Ill., Judge Mary Rowland): the court took direct control of bellwether selection (April 2026), scrapping the party alternating-picks system; bellwether fact discovery closed June 10, 2026; case-specific Daubert and summary judgment motions due Nov 16, 2026; first trials broadly expected 2027. 11,877 cases pending as of July 1, 2026 (fourth-largest MDL). No verdicts or settlements yet. CAVEAT: documented only via litigation-tracker blogs (llamalab.ai, mdlupdate.com) — last-resort sources, no court record or major-press confirmation fetched.llamalab.ai · Jul 1, 2026 · court

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