December 07, 2021
The bankrupt subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson dealing with the company's legacy talc liability has submitted Joseph W. Grier III — known for his work in previous bankruptcy cases — as its selection to the New Jersey bankruptcy court to serve the interests of talc claimants whose injuries have not yet emerged.
November 10, 2021
The Chapter 11 case of the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary saddled with the company's legacy talc injury liability will be transferred to New Jersey after a North Carolina bankruptcy judge on Wednesday granted a motion for a venue with closer ties to the company.
November 07, 2021
Johnson & Johnson will have to wait until a North Carolina bankruptcy judge decides on whether to keep a Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary in Charlotte court to know if talc-based liability claims will be stayed against it after the judge said Friday he didn't want to muddy the situation any further.
November 05, 2021
A North Carolina bankruptcy judge has approved the appointment of an 11-member committee of talc claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management LLC, saying he would entertain proposed additions or changes to the group after dealing with a venue transfer motion on Wednesday.
November 03, 2021
A bankrupt subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson defended Wednesday its request to extend the Chapter 11 stay of litigation to its parent company, telling a North Carolina judge that without a pause in thousands of talc litigation cases the bankruptcy case would be pointless in handling its billions of dollars in liability.
October 25, 2021
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court administrator in North Carolina asked the judge overseeing the Chapter 11 case of a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary to transfer the case to New Jersey, saying the debtor has a strained and limited connection to the Tar Heel State.
October 23, 2021
A North Carolina bankruptcy judge declined to block talc suits against Johnson & Johnson on Friday, saying that he would consider extending the Chapter 11 stay of litigation to the health care giant at a hearing set for early November.
October 21, 2021
A North Carolina bankruptcy judge is pondering moving the Chapter 11 case of the Johnson & Johnson spinoff holding the company's talc liability to New Jersey or Delaware, saying his court may not be the best place to decide if the bankruptcy can stop talc suits against the parent company.
October 18, 2021
LTL Management LLC told a North Carolina bankruptcy judge on Monday that the automatic stay of litigation granted to Chapter 11 debtors should extend to its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, and that the thousands of talc personal injury lawsuits pending against the health care giant should be paused.
October 15, 2021
Attorneys for talc plaintiffs with claims against Johnson & Johnson are determined to challenge the company's legally gray strategy of saddling a bankrupt subsidiary with its billions in talc liability, but experts say that battle will likely be an uphill one.