Today, U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan dismissed Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary LTL Management LLC’s second bankruptcy petition (Case No.: 23-12825). The ruling has thwarted J&J’s plan to wield Chapter 11 as a means for resolving around 50,000 lawsuits alleging the company’s talc products caused claimants to develop ovarian cancer. The judge’s opinion stated: […]

Junk science. That’s what Johnson & Johnson is calling scientific studies that link talc-based personal care products with cancer. The multinational corporation, which has worldwide sales of over $93 billion, is suing four researchers who published the studies, demanding a retraction or correction to conclusions that talc products contaminated with asbestos could cause mesothelioma, Reuters reported. According […]