Panel Sends Case Challenging $7.25B Nationwide Roundup Settlement To MDL

( June 1, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) has transferred to the MDL court for Roundup product liability litigation a putative class action that would establish a preliminarily approved nationwide Roundup settlement of up to $7.25 billion after a group of objectors who refer to themselves as the “objector defendants” removed the lawsuit to Missouri federal court and sought its transfer, arguing that the proposed settlement “extinguishes” the claims of current and future plaintiffs....