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Dietrich Knauth

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Bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby powder line a drugstore shelf

Can J&J finally put the talc litigation behind it?

J&J said plaintiffs are more likely to take the deal after a recent court ruling by a judge overseeing the federal talc ...
A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration

J&J seals deal to end a decade of cancer litigation

J&J said the settlement covers about 76,000 claims, including ones consolidated in federal court in New Jersey.
A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration

US judge casts doubt on 69,000 cases alleging J&J talc caused cancer

J&J has denied the allegations that its talc products caused cancer, saying that talc was safe and did not contain asbes...

US judge rejects J&J’s US$10 billion baby powder settlement

J&J faces lawsuits from over 60,000 claimants alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contained asbestos a...

‘Fraudulent’ bankruptcies: Cancer victims sue Johnson & Johnson

J&J first used a corporate maneuver called the "Texas two-step" to place its talc liabilities into a new subsidiary that...

J&J effort to resolve talc lawsuits in bankruptcy fails a second time

J&J argued that the proposed bankruptcy settlement offers a fairer and faster resolution for cancer claimants than litig...

Johnson & Johnson unit loses bid to stay in bankruptcy

J&J has prevailed in other cases, winning defense verdicts in 16 trials and succeeding in several appeals that either re...

Cancer patients label Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy ‘rotten’

J&J maintains that its consumer talc products are safe.