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 — October 2026

Roundup Cancer Lawsuit

Verified October 23, 2026

MDL: MDL-2741
Court: N.D. Cal.
Judge: Judge Vince Chhabria
Pending cases: 1,104; Count as of October 1, 2026 · Source; -2,821 since prior report
Current phase: Proposed class settlement awaiting approval decision
Settlement status: pending final approval
Latest development: The settlement administrator's FAQ, checked October 23, still says the court will decide whether to approve the King v. Monsanto settlement and fees; no final approval order is posted. Subclass 1 registration would be due within 180 days after final approval.
Next major event: No future public court date is currently verified in this record.

What changed this month?

●The settlement administrator's FAQ, checked October 23, still says the court will decide whether to approve the King v. Monsanto settlement and fees; no final approval order is posted. Subclass 1 registration would be due within 180 days after final approval. Source
●JPML reports 1,104 pending actions in MDL-2741 on October 1, 2026, down 2,821 from 3,925 on September 1; 5,324 total historical actions are reported separately. Source
●The settlement administrator's FAQ, checked October 11, still says the court will decide whether to approve the King v. Monsanto settlement after the September 14 fairness hearing, with timing unknown. Source
●A St. Louis state-court trial for three non-Hodgkin lymphoma plaintiffs outside the class settlement opened September 29, 2026, on design-defect and inadequate-testing theories. Monsanto disputes the claims. Source
●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

MDL details

Created: October 3, 2016
Pending: 1,104
Total actions filed: 5,324
Monthly change: -2,821

Defendants named in the tracked record

Monsanto Company / Bayer AG. Defendants dispute the allegations.

Historical case counts

Report	Pending	Total filed
October 1, 2026	1,104	5,324
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. As of October 11, the official administrator's FAQ 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; its JPML pending count fell from 3,925 on September 1 to 1,104 on October 1, and the JPML report does not state a reason.

Bellwether record: A Missouri state court trial for three non-Hodgkin lymphoma plaintiffs who are not participating in the class settlement opened in St. Louis. Their claims rely on design-defect and inadequate-testing theories that the Durnell ruling did not directly address. Monsanto disputes the claims.

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 it does not know how long the decision will take. June 4 objection and opt-out deadlines have passed.

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