Federal multidistrict litigation tracker

MDL 2741 Update — Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

In re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation. Counts are monthly JPML snapshots and can change between reports.

Lawsuit status — September 2026

Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

Verified September 16, 2026

MDL: MDL-2741
Court: N.D. Cal.
Judge: Judge Vince Chhabria
Pending cases: 3,925; -7 since prior report
Current phase: Proposed class settlement awaiting approval decision
Settlement status: pending final approval
Latest development: JPML reports 3,925 pending actions on September 1, 2026, compared with 3,932 on August 3; 5,323 total historical actions are reported separately.
Next major event: No future public court date is currently verified in this record.

What changed this month?

●JPML reports 3,925 pending actions on September 1, 2026, compared with 3,932 on August 3; 5,323 total historical actions are reported separately. Source
●The fairness hearing was held September 14; the administrator says the court will now decide whether to approve the settlement, with timing unknown. Source
●The administrator lists June 4, 2026 as the objection and exclusion deadline; later benefit deadlines depend on final approval and appeals. Source
●The Supreme Court decided Monsanto v. Durnell on June 25, 2026, holding the label-based failure-to-warn claim at issue expressly preempted by FIFRA. Source

MDL details

Created: October 3, 2016
Pending: 3,925
Total actions filed: 5,323
Monthly change: -7

Defendants named in the tracked record

Monsanto Company / Bayer AG. Defendants dispute the allegations.

Historical case counts

Report	Pending	Total filed
September 1, 2026	3,925	5,323
August 3, 2026	3,932	5,322
July 1, 2026	3,920	—

What the litigation alleges

The tracked claims concern herbicide exposure injury claim, including non-hodgkin lymphoma. These are allegations; defendants dispute liability and causation.

Stage and bellwether status

The King v. Monsanto fairness hearing was held September 14, 2026. The official administrator says the court will now decide whether to approve the settlement and that the timing is unknown. The separate federal MDL remains before Judge Vince Chhabria.

Settlement status

The proposed King v. Monsanto class settlement provides up to $7.25 billion, subject to final approval. The fairness hearing was held September 14, 2026; the administrator says the court will now decide whether to approve the settlement and that the timing is unknown. June 4 objection and opt-out deadlines have passed.

Individual claims: Class terms and later approval events control; no automatic individual award.