This is a summary of a request from Red River Talc to hire Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom as special litigation counsel, filed Oct. 18 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
Multinational has struck a deal with most claimants over toxic talc powder claims through a Chapter 11 filing by a subsidiary ...
At a hearing this month, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said he would schedule a trial in late January or ...
The first time Johnson & Johnson faced a lawsuit due to its talc-based baby powder causing cancer was way back in 1999. Since ...
The Department of Justice has objected to Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use a subsidiary bankruptcy as a way to settle ...
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a motion to dismiss Johnson & Johnson’s latest attempt to use the bankruptcy ...
Johnson & Johnson has twice been unsuccessful in using a controversial bankruptcy tactic to contain lawsuits alleging its baby powder caused cancer. The third time, J&J said, will be different.
For 15 years and counting, the Johnson & Johnson talc litigation saga continues to play out in our nation’s court system, ...
The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to its iconic ...
Microsoft accuses Google of shadow campaigns. DOJ throws wrench into J&J bankruptcy plan to settle talc suits. Campbell's ...
J&J's third attempt at bankruptcy protection involves a subsidiary called Red River Talc that would cap settlement damages at $8 billion. The company maintains that none of the talc-related claims ...