J&J Talc Claimants Seek to Pre-Empt Company’s Bankruptcy Strategy

A committee representing talc-injury claimants asked for a restraining order forbidding J&J from carving out talc-related liabilities from the rest of the business. J&J has told personal injury lawyers it is considering bankruptcy for a subsidiary as a way to resolve lawsuits and future claims stemming from talc, The Wall Street Journal reported last week.

Said an article in the Wall Street Journal:
People alleging that Johnson & Johnson ’s talc-based baby powder caused their cancers asked a federal court to forbid the company from taking steps to place its talc liabilities in bankruptcy, while lawmakers sought information about the same issue from J&J’s CEO.

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