Alleging a fraudulent scheme to drive up costs and damages in dust-mask litigation, 3M Co. obtained court orders, upheld on appeal, to depose a well-known Houston products liability law firm.

Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating ... million in punitive damages against the mask maker, 3M Co. The remaining amount is to compensate ...

Mask manufacturer 3M is suing a company they accuse of violating their trademark and price gouging by selling fake N95 masks at a nearly 600% mark-up, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today reported.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --There's been a surge in fraud and counterfeit PPE cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Counterfeit respirators even made it to the frontline in Minnesota. 3M is taking ...

Also not recommended is the use of microwave radiation, which can compromise the device's fit by melting the respirator near metal components. For the time being, 3M also does not recommend the ...

The N95 masks are highly coveted because they filter out 95% of all particulates, and 3M makes the majority of them. The FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued fraud ...

3M, the world's largest maker of respirator masks, said Friday it is willing comply with President Trump's order to manufacture and supply more critically needed N95 masks for the United States.

"We've contracted now with 3M to — 35 million more masks per month will be produced, and we're also going to be working with other manufacturers." It's unclear whether he was suggesting that 3M ...

In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker. Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized ...

Then the pandemic hit and consumers got to know 3M for another product that, in just a matter of weeks, had become critical in the fight against the coronavirus: the N95 respirator mask.