Defensive registrations primarily relate to lawsuits alleging a link between baby formula and necrotizing enterocolitis.

Healthcare company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) registered hundreds of domain names this week in the wake of announcing a recent recall and facing class action lawsuits.

Last week, Abbott announced a voluntary recall of several baby formulas after reports of bacteria infections. But most of the 200+ registrations relate to class action lawsuits alleging that cows-milk based infant formulas can cause a gastrointestinal infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

If you search Google for “baby formula lawsuit“, many law firms are advertising for claims.

The domain names Abbott registered use a Whois privacy service but use the same corporate registrar, MarkMonitor, that Abbott uses for its domain name management.

Some of the domains are abbott-baby-formula-lawsuit.com, abbott-nec-litigation.com, baby-nec-facts.com, and similaclawsuitfacts.com. (Similac is one of its baby formula brands.)

It’s typical for companies to pre-emptively register domain names after bad press. The exercise is often futile because people can register variations of just about any term in multiple top level domains.

A list of domains Abbott appears to have registered are below:

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