J&J Talc Unit Defends Latest Bankruptcy Settlement Bid April 12, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth A Johnson & Johnson company on Tuesday defended its second attempt to resolve talc lawsuits in bankruptcy, telling a U.S....
J&J Talc Unit 2nd Bankruptcy Must Be Dismissed, Cancer Victims’ Lawyers Say April 11, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth and Mike Spector Johnson & Johnson’s renewed effort to resolve talc lawsuits through an $8.9 billion bankruptcy settlement must be dismissed as a...
3M’s Bid to Shield Itself From Earplug Lawsuits Faces Skeptical Judges April 5, 2023 By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies...
Johnson & Johnson Unit Loses Bid to Stay in Bankruptcy During Supreme Court Appeal April 3, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth A Johnson & Johnson company cannot delay a court order dismissing its bankruptcy, a U.S. court said on Friday, despite...
J&J Talc Unit Faces Bankruptcy Judge After Tactic Rejected February 14, 2023 By Mike Spector Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary shouldering talc-related lawsuits goes before a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday for the first time since a...
U.S. Court Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Strategy for Thousands of Talc Lawsuits January 31, 2023 By Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over...
Koch Industries Gets $2.5B in Dividends From Unit That Offloaded Asbestos Liability January 26, 2023 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Industrial conglomerate Koch Industries received nearly $2.5 billion in dividend payments last year from its Georgia-Pacific unit, which had spun...
Boy Scouts, Catholic Dioceses Find Haven From Sex Abuse Suits in Bankruptcy January 3, 2023 By Kristina Cooke, Benjamin Lesser and Mike Spector Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by...
U.S. Judge Bars 3M From Shifting Earplug Liability to Bankrupt Unit December 27, 2022 A U.S. judge on Thursday [Dec. 22] barred 3M Co. from trying to avoid liability for injuries current and former...
Special Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly Products November 8, 2022 By Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Kristina Cooke and Disha Raychaudhuri Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and...