J&J Talc Unit Loses Libel Suit Over Flawed Cancer Study

By Dorothy Atkins · August 20, 2026, 9:19 PM EDT

A Virginia federal judge handed three doctors a win Wednesday in a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary's libel lawsuit over a 2020 study linking cosmetic talc exposure to mesothelioma, finding the subsidiary's...

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Case Information

Case Title

Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory et al

Case Number

4:24-cv-00075

Court

Virginia Eastern

Nature of Suit

Other Fraud

Date Filed

May 09, 2024