Talc pleurodesis is typically conducted as an inpatient procedure and involves the delivery of graded talc into the pleural cavity via thoracoscopy (poudrage) or chest tube (slurry) following complete ...

A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection for the third time in an effort to resolve the tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and other talc products caused ...

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab on Thursday said it has settled two lawsuits claiming its talc products caused cancer, the first such cases to go to trial since a federal ...

Lawyers for Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Red River Talc, which filed the Chapter 11 case last year, insisted that 75% or more of talc claimants voted in favor of the plan, but a coalition of ...

Under Federal Rule 9031 of Bankruptcy Procedure, bankruptcy judges aren't allowed to appoint special masters, increasingly referred to as court-appointed neutrals. Kaplan, who oversaw both of Johnson ...

NEW YORK — Johnson & Johnson has reached tentative agreement to resolve talc baby powder claims with more than 40 states, the world's biggest maker of health care products confirmed on Tuesday. "As ...

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which thousands of lawsuits ...

A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s latest attempt to settle lawsuits that allege its talc baby powder caused cancer. This is the third time J&J has attempted to resolve ...

Johnson & Johnson is willing to pay almost $9 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder caused cancers, the company announced Apr. 4. The proposal is the latest chapter ...

June 18 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab is facing a new proposed class action seeking damages and medical monitoring on behalf of women who have been diagnosed with cancer, or ...