Is the lawsuit real, and are you in it?
The public record of U.S. mass litigation. Every federal multidistrict litigation from the Judicial Panel's own monthly report, with case counts, courts, month-by-month trends, status, and what the court filings say about who qualifies. Sourced and dated. Not a law firm.
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- 166 pending MDLs · 206,182 actions
- Report of September 1, 2026
- 32 months of history
- Every claim sourced
Fastest growing this month
- Hair relaxer lawsuit+350
- Talcum powder (Johnson & Johnson baby powder) lawsuit+336
- Uber sexual assault lawsuit+191
- Depo-Provera lawsuit+109
- Ozempic and GLP-1 drug lawsuit+94
- Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) kidney injury lawsuit+83
Change in actions pending, Aug 2026 → Sep 2026. All changes →
The lawsuit ad is the pitch. This is the docket.
Almost everything a person reads after seeing “you may qualify” is written by someone paid per signed client. The court publishes a calmer document: which litigations exist, how many cases each holds, which judge has them, and what the filings actually claim. We put that document in one place and keep it current every month.
- Case counts straight from the Judicial Panel, dated
- Status from court orders and official administrators
- Who qualifies, quoted from the filings
- No payout projections, no claim forms, no pressure
Lawsuit records
The litigations people are searching for
Plain-language records for the largest active consumer, drug and device MDLs. Each one carries its status, the court's own case count, and who the filings say it covers.
Talcum powder (Johnson & Johnson baby powder) lawsuit
Federal MDL 2738 consolidates claims that J&J talc-based powder products caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma; J&J announced a proposed resolution of the ovarian cancer claims on July 27, 2026, not yet final.
Settlement · claims openBard hernia mesh lawsuit
Federal lawsuits allege Davol/C.R. Bard polypropylene hernia mesh implants (Ventralex, PerFix, 3DMax, Composix and related devices) caused bowel obstruction, mesh migration and other injuries requiring revision surgery; BD announced a settlement of most of the litigation in October 2024.
Active MDLAFFF firefighting foam lawsuit
Federal litigation over PFAS-containing firefighting foam (AFFF); public water-provider claims against 3M and DuPont/Chemours/Corteva concluded with paid settlements, while individual personal-injury claims from firefighters, military personnel, and exposed residents remain active with no global settlement yet.
Active MDLHair relaxer lawsuit
Women who used chemical hair relaxers allege the products caused uterine, ovarian, or endometrial cancer; over 12,000 cases are consolidated before a single federal judge in Chicago.
Settlement · claims openProton pump inhibitor (PPI) kidney injury lawsuit
Consolidated federal litigation over kidney injuries allegedly caused by long-term use of heartburn drugs Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, Protonix, and Dexilant; the largest defendant, AstraZeneca, settled in 2023.
Settlement · claims openParaquat lawsuit
Federal MDL over claims that the herbicide paraquat causes Parkinson's disease; most cases are now covered by a 2025 settlement framework still being finalized.
SettledDepo-Provera lawsuit
Lawsuits over the injectable birth control Depo-Provera allege it caused intracranial meningioma brain tumors; a global settlement was reached in June 2026.
Active MDLUber sexual assault lawsuit
Federal litigation over sexual assaults on Uber passengers by Uber drivers, consolidated before a single judge in San Francisco for pretrial proceedings.
22 lawsuit records and every one of the 166 pending dockets.
All lawsuit records →The register
Largest consumer and injury MDLs by actions pending
From the Judicial Panel's report of September 1, 2026. The trend column is the docket's monthly count since Jan 2024.
| Litigation | MDL | Court | Pending | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talcum powder (Johnson & Johnson baby powder) lawsuit | 2738 | NJ | 69,250 | +336(+0.5%) | |
| Bard hernia mesh lawsuit | 2846 | OHS | 23,316 | −5(-0.0%) | |
| AFFF firefighting foam lawsuit | 2873 | SC | 15,264 | +18(+0.1%) | |
| Hair relaxer lawsuit | 3060 | ILN | 12,129 | +350(+3.0%) | |
| Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) kidney injury lawsuit | 2789 | NJ | 11,404 | +83(+0.7%) | |
| Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Devices Products Liability | 2666 | MN | 8,433 | +26(+0.3%) | |
| Paraquat lawsuit | 3004 | ILS | 6,666 | +1(+0.0%) | |
| Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability | 2570 | INS | 6,501 | −36(-0.6%) | |
| Depo-Provera lawsuit | 3140 | FLN | 6,403 | +109(+1.7%) | |
| Uber sexual assault lawsuit | 3084 | CAN | 4,588 | +191(+4.3%) | |
| Paragard IUD lawsuit | 2974 | GAN | 4,185 | +29(+0.7%) | |
| Ozempic and GLP-1 drug lawsuit | 3094 | PAE | 4,022 | +94(+2.4%) |
New dockets
Litigations at the moment they were created
A new MDL is the earliest public signal that a litigation is being organized. These appeared on the report most recently.
- Norada Entities SecuritiesSep 2026 · 46
- Valtrus Innovations Ltd. PatentSep 2026 · 12
- Health Gorilla, Inc., et al., Data Security BreachSep 2026 · 10
- Firefighter turnout gear PFAS lawsuitSep 2026 · 8
- CoStar Group, Inc., et al., AntitrustSep 2026 · 3
- Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK) Fertilizer AntitrustJul 2026 · 37
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How to use the record
Three checks before you fill out anyone's form
Find the docket
Every federal MDL has a number and a line on the Panel's monthly report. Search the register for the product, drug or company. If it is there, the litigation is real; the count tells you how many people are already in it.
Read the status
Active, settled, claims open, or mostly dismissed. A litigation that settled in June is a different situation from one adding 350 cases a month. The settlements page lists the ones whose door has changed.
Compare yourself to the filings
Each lawsuit record quotes the injuries and exposures the master complaint and plaintiff fact sheet cover. If they describe you, a case review is a reasonable next step. If they do not, you have saved yourself a phone call.
Questions, answered
What people ask about mass tort lawsuits
What is Settlement Record?
An independent public record of U.S. mass litigation. The core of it is the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's monthly report of every pending MDL, re-parsed each month into a register with case counts and trends. On top of that, plain-language records for the largest consumer, drug and device litigations: what the filings allege, where the case stands, and who the court documents say qualifies, with sources. It is not a law firm and gives no legal advice.
How do I know if a lawsuit ad is real?
Find the litigation on the register. Every federal MDL is on the Judicial Panel's monthly report with a docket number, a court and a case count; if the ad's lawsuit is federal and centralized, it is here. If it settled or was mostly dismissed, the record says so with the date. State-court litigation and un-centralized federal cases are not on the JPML report and so not on this register.
Do I qualify?
The honest answer from a public record is: here is what the master complaint and the court's plaintiff fact sheet say the litigation covers. Each lawsuit record quotes those criteria. Whether an individual case is viable is a lawyer's judgment, and limitations periods vary by state.
How much will I get?
No page on this site projects a payout. Where a settlement has concluded and an official source states a total, the record cites it with the source and date. Anything more specific than that is marketing, not record.
Where do I file a claim for a settlement?
With the court-appointed settlement administrator, on its own website. Our settlement pages link to the official administrator and state the published deadline. We never host claim forms and never take a claim.
How does this site make money?
If you ask for a case review and consent to be contacted, a participating law firm or intake partner may pay us for the referral. That is disclosed on every page and inside the form itself, and the consent box is unchecked until you check it.
Settlement Record is an independent reference built from public court records and agency publications. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing here states that any person has a valid claim. Litigation facts are dated and sourced on each page; confirm anything you rely on against the court's own docket.
Before you fill out anyone's form
Read the record before you read the ad.
The Judicial Panel publishes which litigations exist and how big they are. The court publishes who they cover. Start there.
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Three things to check first
Is the lawsuit real? Every federal MDL is on the Judicial Panel's monthly report. If a docket number is on our register, the litigation exists; if it settled or was dismissed, the record says so.
Who do the filings say qualifies? The master complaint and the court's plaintiff fact sheet define the injuries and exposures at issue. We quote those, not an ad.
Where is the official form? For settled class actions, the court-appointed administrator runs the claims. We link to it and never host a claim form ourselves.
Public court data, dated and sourced. Not a law firm, not legal advice.