In an April 16 motion, Johnson & Johnson cited 'serious ethical lapses' that justified removing Beasley Allen from the talc ...

A federal judge in Houston has rejected the third attempt by Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) subsidiary Red River to settle thousands of lawsuits related to its talc-based products, which have been ...

Four weeks ago, after a Houston judge denied J&J’s third attempt to resolve approximately 90,000 talcum powder lawsuits ...

The agreement includes "additional monetary and non-monetary benefits for all talc claimants," according to J&J, and takes the proportion backing the settlement above 75% – the threshold needed ...

Red River Talc LLC, a J&J subsidiary, was seeking confirmation of a proposed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history ...

Erik Haas, J&J’s worldwide vice-president of litigation, said last Friday that the settlement is “fair and equitable to all parties” and that 83% of current talc claimants voted for it.