J&J's Talc Legal Luck Improves, But Eyes Are Now On California Trial
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
J&J stands to have hefty damage awards overturned in Missouri state court following a recent Supreme Court ruling on nonresident filing rights, and the firm defeated a talc-related false-advertising class action in New Jersey federal court July 14. The next major battleground for the Johnson's Baby Powder owner is California, where a bellwether talc cancer trial begins July 19.