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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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