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Recent News About Johnson & Johnson
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Bankruptcy expert doubts plaintiffs will succeed in undoing J&J's Chapter 11 proceeding
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Although Johnson & Johnson’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy is proceeding, talcum powder plaintiffs are appealing a federal judge’s ruling that dismissed their opposition. -
J&J's Chapter 11 filing is proceeding in New Jersey bankruptcy court
J&J's Chapter 11 bankruptcy will proceed now that a New Jersey judge has denied Baby Powder plaintiffs’ request that their filing be dismissed -
Loss for opioid lawyers seeking 'public nuisance' payout could apply to climate change cases
A California judge who threw out municipal lawsuits against the opioid industry for supposedly causing a public nuisance could have just as well been speaking about a wave of similar lawsuits against the oil and gas industry. -
Public nuisance theory wins billions despite courtroom failures
Public nuisance may be the most successful legal theory ever to have failed in court -
West Virginia isn't part of proposed $26 billion national opioid settlement
CHARLESTON – While a bipartisan group of state attorneys general have announced a tentative $26 billion settlement with four drug companies over their roles in the opioid epidemic, West Virginia will not be a part of the agreement. -
J&J warns $465M Okla. decision in opioid case could trigger lawsuits over cars, alcohol, etc...
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson urged the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reverse a landmark $465 million verdict in the state’s opioid lawsuit, saying no company will be safe from public nuisance claims if the ruling stands. -
J&J asks why young woman and man who died at 70 are allowed to present their asbestos cases as one
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) – Johnson & Johnson's perfect 3-0 trial record in South Carolina is in serious jeopardy if two separate cases – which have little to do with each other, the company says – are bundled as one and presented to a jury. -
Johnson & Johnson makes plea against multibillion-dollar verdict from bundled talc trial
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to reverse a $2.1 billion talc verdict against it, saying lower courts misapplied the law and improperly bundled nearly two dozen plaintiffs from around the country into a single trial despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting the practice. -
Appeal of $465M opioid verdict in Oklahoma won't be ready for another month
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – Appeals from the first opioid trial verdict are delayed a month after Johnson & Johnson asked for a 30-day extension. -
Missouri's rules have changed, but J&J still gets $2.2B blast from the recent past
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri appeals court’s decision upholding what became a $2.2 billion talc verdict against Johnson & Johnson represents a thorough rejection of J&J’s argument it was subjected to an unfair trial process. It’s also a relic of the past. -
Huge talc verdict against J&J cut by $2.5B but still bad news for company
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – A 10-figure verdict against Johnson & Johnson in an asbestos case has been reduced by an appeals court but has stayed massive, thanks to judges finding “significant reprehensibility” in the company’s conduct and deciding large companies should face higher punitive damages awards. -
Lawyers' attempt to link articles on pelvic mesh problems to doctor who recommended it fails
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Medical journal articles were properly excluded from a pelvic mesh trial, the Connecticut Supreme Court has decided in ruling against plaintiffs suing their health care provider. -
Lawyers spent millions on talc ads as J&J pulls Baby Powder. Is a settlement coming?
Lawyers spent more this year on advertisements seeking clients for talc lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson than any other product, even as J&J announced plans to pull talc-containing Baby Powder off the market. -
Delaware judge can't tell who plaintiff worked for, so silica lawsuit continues
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled in April that she cannot yet determine if Noramco is immune from a pharmaceutical manufacturer worker's claims that he was exposed to silica dust and toluene. -
California woman claims Neutrogena skincare products are mislabeled as 'oil free'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — A California woman has filed a class action against Johnson & Johnson alleging its Neutrogena skincare products are falsely labeled as "oil free." -
Talc judge wants juries to hear debated research, says settling scientific disputes not her role
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson over claims talcum powder causes ovarian cancer struck some of the testimony of two plaintiff experts but will allow jurors to hear that talc contains asbestos and is linked to cancer. -
Johnson & Johnson loses bid for stay of Delaware talc cases
GEORGETOWN, Del. (Legal Newsline) — The Delaware Superior Court granted a motion to sever Imerys Talc America Inc. from more than 200 lawsuits that involve talc products. -
Johnson & Johnson claims FDA's new asbestos testing based on 'faulty assumptions'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Johnson & Johnson says a Food and Drug Administration panel charged with designing new standards for detecting asbestos in talc used “faulty assumptions” and failed to reflect scientific consensus in its draft recommendations. -
Broad, vigorous opposition to lawyers' move to secure billions from opioid settlement
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Drug companies, state attorneys general and some local government entities are vigorously opposing an attempt by certain lawyers to secure a significant percentage of a probable multibillion-dollar global settlement stemming from nationwide opioid litigation. -
Judge: Talc lawyers harassed Johnson & Johnson by leaking info to Reuters
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The prominent asbestos law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy has been sanctioned by a New York judge for violating a protective order after it leaked the deposition of Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky to reporters at the Reuters news service.