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    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      LexUS & Canadian companies
      3M/Aearo: high rates prompt farewell to arms from tort claimants Premium content

      Total cost of the settlement now is $6bn in cash and stock

      Signage outside 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      3M agrees historic $6bn settlement over combat earplug lawsuits

      Post-it note maker to resolve mass US tort litigation brought by more than 250,000 military veterans

      3M signage outside the company’s plant in Ames, Iowa
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Court blocks 3M strategy to halt earplug lawsuits through bankruptcy

      US judge’s decision is setback to strategy to shield financial damage from lawsuits

      3M sign outside its headquarters
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast35 min listen
      Best Of: Inside Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy two-step

      Is this legal manoeuvre setting a precedent for corporations to evade accountability in America?

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      The Big Read
      The crackdown on risky chemicals that could derail the chip industry

      Evidence that the materials vital for semiconductor production are toxic for humans and the environment is mounting. But safe alternatives are many years away

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Top 3M shareholder fires warning shot at chief executive

      German asset manager Flossbach von Storch says it is increasingly concerned at how the company is run

      A worker loads boxes, branded with 3M
    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      3M to cut 2,500 manufacturing jobs as consumer demand slows

      Chief executive says ‘additional actions’ could be taken ahead of healthcare unit spin-off

      3M sign outside its headquarters
    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Lex
      3M: industrial titan is defined by its mounting legacy liabilities Premium content

      Decision to end production of ‘forever chemicals’ comes as group faces mounting legal challenges

      Delivery driver moves cases of 3M products
    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      Environment
      3M to end ‘forever chemicals’ production as pressure builds

      Conglomerate to phase out Pfas used in products such as mobile phones and non-stick pans

      Pfas foam on a waterway
    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      The Big Read
      ‘Texas two-step’: the US legal move letting corporations off the hook

      Critics say the controversial legal manoeuvre allows companies to bypass their responsibilities. But judges are beginning to crack down

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
      US bankruptcy courts struggle with product liability disputes Premium content

      3M’s Chapter 11 strategy in the case of subsidiary Aearo runs into problems

      A soldier plugs his ears during a training mission
    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      3M loses attempt to halt thousands of earplugs lawsuits

      Bankruptcy judge says jury trials can continue in one of the largest mass torts in US history

      The 3M logo outside of its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Lex
      3M: prodding a prodigal into the bankruptcy courts Premium content

      US courts have become prime venues for resolving ‘mass torts’

      3M logo
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      3M earplugs unit files for bankruptcy amid lawsuits from military veterans

      US conglomerate known for Post-it notes and face masks will also spin off healthcare unit

      A customer picks a packet of Post-it notes from a shelf
    • Friday, 21 May, 2021
      ObituarySpencer Silver
      Spencer Silver, chemist and inventor 1941-2021

      The scientist whose chance discovery of a reusable adhesive led to the development of the Post-it note

    • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
      How to Lead
      A CEO’s challenge to meet stratospheric demand

      3M’s Mike Roman acted quickly when his company’s N95 face masks became the world’s most in-demand item

    • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
      Corporate earnings and results
      3M promises monthly updates in lieu of earnings forecasts

      Industrial bellwethers wrestle with how to keep investors informed during virus uncertainty

    • Sunday, 19 April, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Covid-19 is bringing out protectionist instincts

      ‘Piracy’ in obtaining vital supplies may rebound on those responsible

      A worker loads boxes, branded with 3M Co. into a truck at The Royal London Hospital, operated by the Barts Health NHS Trust, in London, U.K., on Thursday, April 2, 2020. The cult of the National Health Service has been key to so many political fortunes over the decades, but no leader has weaponized it more than Boris Johnson after years of austerity measures implemented by his Conservative Party. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      EU warns of global bidding war for medical equipment

      Top official says countries are scrambling for essential supplies to fight coronavirus

      3M’s N95 respirator masks
    • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Trump reaches respirator mask deal with 3M

      US to import more than 160m N95 respirators from overseas over three months

    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      US swoop sees 3M masks allegedly diverted from Berlin

      German official denounces ‘modern piracy’ but company says it has ‘no evidence’ of seizure

    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      White House tried to force 3M to send masks from Singapore to US

      Trump invokes wartime powers act again to deal with coronavirus equipment shortages

      The Trump administration wanted 3M to send 10m N95 masks to the US
    • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
      Lex
      3M: Scotching a break-up Premium content

      Further spinouts from US conglomerate would be more trouble than they would be worth

    • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
      3M cuts 1500 jobs after hit in Asia and sector weakness

      Shares slide after company discloses subpoena over discharge from Alabama plant

      Rolls of 3M Scotch tape and a dispenser
    • Friday, 24 January, 2020
      LexCoronavirus
      Alibaba & coronavirus: mask task Premium content

      Ecommerce giant should reap long-term benefits from its warning against profiteering by mask sellers  

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