The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to its iconic baby powder now hinges on a high-stakes trial in January.
This is a summary of a request from Red River Talc to hire Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom as special litigation counsel, filed Oct. 18 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
Johnson & Johnson must pay $15 million to a Connecticut man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, as a result of using the company's talc powder for decades, a jury found ...