J&J Talc Cancer Plaintiffs Want 6-Month Ban on Further Bankruptcy Filings August 3, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth Lawyers for thousands of people who claim Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based powders caused them to develop cancer on Wednesday urged...
J&J Effort to Resolve Talc Lawsuits in Bankruptcy Fails a Second Time July 31, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth A U.S. judge on Friday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits over...
DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Delay Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement July 31, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Purdue Pharma from proceeding with a...
J&J’s $8.9 Billion Talc Settlement Faces Bankruptcy Test June 27, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth Johnson & Johnson’s proposed $8.9 billion settlement of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc products cause cancer faces a...
A $1.7 Billion Opioid Settlement Is at Risk of Falling Apart June 16, 2023 By Jonathan Randles A major US opioid settlement is on the verge of unraveling. Mallinckrodt Plc, the drugmaker that first began producing morphine...
J&J, Cancer Victims Ordered to Start Mediation in Bankruptcy May 11, 2023 By Steven Church A federal judge ordered a new round of settlement talks between Johnson & Johnson and lawyers who spurned the company’s...
Oakland 2nd California Diocese to Seek Bankruptcy Over Abuse May 10, 2023 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy Monday due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming...
Cancer Victims Urge Judge to Dismiss J&J Talc Unit’s Second Bankruptcy April 25, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth Cancer victims on Monday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s second bankruptcy filing, saying that...
Judge Halts Most Talc Lawsuits Against J&J, Stops Trials April 20, 2023 By Mike Spector A U.S. judge on Thursday halted most of the tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder...
Veterans Suing 3M Over Earplugs Seek to Stop ‘False Alarm’ Bankruptcy April 20, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth U.S. veterans and members of the military on Wednesday urged a judge to dismiss 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy...