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MDL No. 3060

Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability

On the current JPML reportActive MDLJPML report of October 1, 2026

IN RE: Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation is a pending federal multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of Illinois before Mary M. Rowland (U.S. District Judge). The Judicial Panel's report dated October 1, 2026 lists 12,381 actions pending and 16,828 actions historically. Plain-language record, status and who-qualifies criteria: Hair relaxer lawsuit.

The docket record

Actions pending
12,381+252(+2.1%)
Total actions, historical
16,828
Change, 3 months
+504(+4.2%)
Change, 12 months
+1,829(+17.3%)
Docket
MDL No. 3060
Court
Northern District of Illinois
Transferee judge
Mary M. RowlandU.S. District Judge
Last report
October 1, 2026

Source: JPML “Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” report dated October 1, 2026 · first in our series Jan 2024

Actions pending in MDL 3060, by monthly JPML report7.1k8.6k10k12k13kJan 2024Jul 2024Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Actions pending on each monthly JPML report, Jan 2024 to Oct 2026. Gaps are months the report omitted the figure.

Month-by-month figures, Jan 2024 to Oct 2026

Report dateActions pendingChangeTotal, historicalReport
October 1, 202612,381+25216,828PDF
September 1, 202612,129+35016,561PDF
August 3, 202611,779−9816,199PDF
July 1, 202611,877+15416,059PDF
June 1, 202611,723+19715,898PDF
May 1, 202611,526+15515,691PDF
April 1, 202611,371−6915,504PDF
March 2, 202611,440+24515,319PDF
February 2, 202611,195+24715,029PDF
January 5, 202610,948+10414,757PDF
December 2, 202510,844+12114,567PDF
November 3, 202510,723+17114,438PDF
October 1, 202510,552−30614,170PDF
September 2, 202510,858+29113,814PDF
August 1, 202510,567+16313,441PDF
July 1, 202510,404+8712,891PDF
June 2, 202510,317+14912,773PDF
May 1, 202510,168+23212,586PDF
April 1, 20259,936+14812,288PDF
March 3, 20259,788−7512,026PDF
February 3, 20259,863+4411,783PDF
January 2, 20259,819+17011,613PDF
December 2, 20249,649+1,25611,439PDF
October 1, 20248,393−9610,083PDF
September 3, 20248,489+5439,799PDF
August 1, 20247,946−2469,151PDF
July 1, 20248,192+229,011PDF
June 3, 20248,170−2988,920PDF
May 1, 20248,468+818,788PDF
April 1, 20248,387+538,670PDF
March 1, 20248,334+1178,537PDF
February 1, 20248,217+1918,351PDF
January 2, 20248,0268,131PDF

How to read this record

Actions pending is the number of individual civil actions currently centralized in this MDL, as counted by the Judicial Panel on the report date. It rises as new cases are transferred or filed directly in the MDL court and falls as cases settle, are dismissed, or are remanded for trial. Total actions is the historical count of every action ever part of the docket.

A rising count means new plaintiffs are still filing; it does not by itself say anything about the merits. A falling count after a settlement announcement usually reflects the settlement being processed. The monthly report says nothing about trial dates, rulings, or settlements; for those, see the lawsuit record above.

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Source

U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, “MDL Statistics Report: Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” monthly PDF reports January 2, 2024 to October 1, 2026, jpml.uscourts.gov. Parsed by Settlement Record; see methodology. 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.