Dark & Lovely, ORS, Just For Me, Motions, Revlon: these are the relaxer brands named as defendants in the 11,779 lawsuits pending in one Chicago courtroom as of August 3, 2026, with no trial yet. Here are the two studies they stand on, number by number, what the judge ruled, what L’Oréal said, and who owns each brand on your shelf.

This is not a ranking and it is not a recommendation to buy or to sue. It is a reading of the record, with the sources linked below so you can read them yourself.

THE COUNT: the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s report dated August 3, 2026 lists MDL 3060 (In re Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Judge Mary M. Rowland, N.D. Illinois) at 11,779 actions pending and 16,199 filed historically, the fourth-largest active MDL by pending cases.