A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary can pursue its third attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products caused cancer in a federal bankruptcy court in Texas, a judge ruled on Thursday,

Johnson & Johnson did not wrongly manipulate bankruptcy rules when it filed an insolvency case in Texas and not its home state of New Jersey, a federal judge ruled, increasing the odds the consumer health giant can settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer.

A federal court in Texas has reportedly found that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) didn’t manipulate the bankruptcy system when it filed for bankruptcy of its talc powder unit in Texas rather than New Jersey,

The Houston judge rejected requests from lawyers for claimants who wanted the proceeding transferred to New Jersey.