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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have attempted, for the second time, to resolve talc lawsuits by having and subsidiary file for Chapter 11. This fraud is “designed to deny plaintiffs just compensation.” J&J defied a January appeals court rejection of their...

We celebrate Black History Month every February. Below are some groundbreaking African American attorneys in U.S. History: Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be the first African American to become a lawyer in 1844 and the first to argue before...

A U.S. appeals court ended Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to get out of paying recompense for lawsuits related to their talc products. It was found that Johnson & Johnson was not in financial distress despite fraudulently filing bankruptcy in a move known...

Johnson & Johnson’s continuing legal maneuversOn Behalf of Brayton Purcell LLP | Nov 1, 2021 | Product Recalls | Johnson & Johnson is a popular company with a market share that any business would envy. But, their reputation for quality...

On April 5, a New Jersey state court jury awarded a young banker and his wife millions of dollars for his mesothelioma. The plaintiff alleged that he got the fatal asbestos-linked cancer because for three decades he had inhaled Johnson...

A California man’s plight and subsequent death from mesothelioma played a pivotal role in state lawmakers’ decision to remove an unsympathetic legal restriction that prevented families of terminally ill people from recovering damages for their decedent’s suffering in civil lawsuits....

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 until her death on September 18, 2020. She was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice Ginsburg earned her bachelor’s...