Johnson & Johnson Loses $25 Million Talc Verdict in New York May 22, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare...
J&J’s Talc Defense Gets Harder After Cases Kept in State Courts May 10, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal...
J&J Said to Pay About $1 Billion to Settle Metal-Hip Suits May 7, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that...
J&J Tries to Use Supplier’s Bankruptcy to Gather Talc Suits April 22, 2019 Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing...
Amid Talc Safety Worries, J&J Aimed Ads at Minority, Overweight Women April 9, 2019 By Chris Kirkham and Lisa Girion LOS ANGELES — Pressure was mounting on Johnson & Johnson and its signature Baby Powder. In 2006, an arm of...
Johnson & Johnson Wins Trial Over California Talc-Cancer Claim April 8, 2019 Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in...
Opioid Crisis ‘Kingpin’ Is Oklahoma’s New Target in Lawsuit April 4, 2019 By Christine Vestal About the photo: Opium poppy plants in a field in Tasmania, Australia. Oklahoma is claiming that as the prior owner...
Sackler Family Sued by New York Over Opioid `Catastrophe’ March 28, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners, the Sackler family, were sued by New York state for triggering an addiction...
Sudden Talc-Cancer Settlements Aren’t J&J’s Usual Style March 28, 2019 Johnson & Johnson took the unusual step of settling two women’s claims that its talc-based products caused their asbestos-linked cancers...
FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics; Company Disputes Claim March 6, 2019 By Chad Terhune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued...