by Halley Porter | Feb 1, 2023 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed a bankruptcy petition by Johnson & Johnson, forcing the company’s subsidiary, LTL Management, to continue litigating lawsuits filed by plaintiffs alleging the company’s talcum powder...
by Halley Porter | Aug 30, 2022 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
Earlier this month, the United States-headquartered multinational Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that it would discontinue its talc-based baby powder products globally in 2023. The company will drop talc — a mineral that is mined — from its baby powder...
by Halley Porter | Aug 25, 2022 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
After months of radio silence from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), lawmakers are pressing the nation’s top legal officer for updates on a 2019 probe into Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder sales. Wednesday, congress members Steve Cohen of Tennessee’s 9th...
by awkolaw2 | May 7, 2018 | Daniel Thornburgh, Defective Medical Devices, Essure, Stephen Echsner
Requires that patients receive risk information before using contraceptive device. In its commitment to ensuring the post-market safety of medical devices, the FDA used their authority to impose a unique restriction on the sale and distribution of the permanent female...