The agreement includes "additional monetary and non-monetary benefits for all talc claimants," according to J&J, and takes the proportion backing the settlement above 75% – the threshold needed ...

All told, there are estimated to be more than 19,000 lawsuits claiming injury caused by J&J’s talc products, so the settlement – if confirmed - represents a fraction of the potential liability ...

J&J has maintained that its talc products are safe and said the bankruptcy settlement is part of a good-faith attempt to resolve the litigation for all stakeholders. Friday’s objection was among ...

J&J used a legal strategy known as the Texas Two-Step to place a talc liability-holding subsidiary into bankruptcy and negotiate a mass settlement. After its first two bankruptcy efforts collapsed ...

A new book shows how Johnson & Johnson has pushed misleading narratives and suppressed inconvenient findings to sell its ...

The company, which has long held that the talc-related claims hold no merit, said Monday that it will now go back to the “tort system to litigate and defeat” the claims and would reverse ...

The deal also bars the Sackler family, the longtime owners of pharmaceutical company, from selling opioids in the U.S.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Monday Tennessee will receive more than $90 million from a nationwide ...