Johnson & Johnson News

Judge Temporarily Blocks Two State Lawsuits Over J&J Talc Marketing

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has blocked New Mexico and Mississippi from pursuing lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson misleading consumers about the safety of its talc products, such as its baby powder, for now. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan in Trenton, …

Cancer Victims Urge Court to End J&J Bankruptcy Roadblock to Lawsuits

People suing Johnson & Johnson over the company’s talc products urged an appeals court on Monday to revive their claims, saying the profitable company should not be allowed to use a bankrupt subsidiary to block lawsuits alleging the products cause …

J&J to End Global Sales of Talc-Based Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits. “As part of a …

Director of 9/11 Fund Picked to Estimate Cost of J&J Talc Claims

The lawyer who oversaw payments to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be appointed by a federal judge to estimate the total liability that Johnson & Johnson faces for claims that talc in its baby powder causes cancer. …

Johnson & Johnson Acquires Oklahoma’s Midlands Management WB&B and MGU Units

Johnson & Johnson acquired the assets of the wholesale brokerage & binding (WB&B) and managing general underwriting (MGU) units of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Midlands Management Corporation. Midlands is a wholly owned subsidiary of Safety National Casualty Corporation. The parties expect …

California Appeals Court Says J&J Must Pay $302M in Pelvic Mesh Case

A California appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay penalties to the state for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh implants for women, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302 million. Johnson & …

Johnson & Johnson Can’t Block Lawsuit Claiming It Lied About Asbestos in Talc

Johnson & Johnson can’t use its baby powder bankruptcy to prevent a lawsuit that accuses the company of hiding evidence that its industrial talc operation exposed workers to the toxic material asbestos, a federal judge ruled. The judge overseeing the …

Johnson & Johnson to Suspend Supply of Personal Care Products to Russia

Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would halt sale of personal care products in Russia, joining other companies that have limited their business in the country in response to its invasion of Ukraine. J&J said it would continue to …

J&J’s Victory Over Cancer Victims Clears Path for 3M, Others

A court ruling allowing Johnson & Johnson to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to force cancer victims into potential settlement talks has raised the odds that other companies facing costly product-liability claims like 3M Co., and Dow Inc. may follow …

J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits

More than 50 years ago, nearly a dozen men incarcerated outside of Philadelphia enrolled in an experiment funded by Johnson & Johnson, according to unsealed documents. Now, those studies have come back to haunt the world’s largest maker of health-care …