July 07, 2026
Mead Johnson is set to go to trial this summer in the first case to make it to a jury in multidistrict litigation claiming baby formula caused a serious gut illness in premature infants, while the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago is facing a possible sanctions hearing over prosecutorial misconduct allegations in two Illinois cases on attorneys' radar for the rest of the year.
May 11, 2026
An Illinois federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over baby formula that allegedly caused a serious abdominal condition in premature infants rejected Mead Johnson & Co. LLC's summary judgment bid in the fourth lawsuit parties had selected as an MDL tester case, teeing up the litigation's first trial.