This is a summary of a request from Red River Talc to hire Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom as special litigation counsel, filed Oct. 18 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.

Multinational has struck a deal with most claimants over toxic talc powder claims through a Chapter 11 filing by a subsidiary ...

At a hearing this month, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said he would schedule a trial in late January or ...

J&J's third attempt at bankruptcy protection involves a subsidiary called Red River Talc that would cap settlement damages at ...

The first time Johnson & Johnson faced a lawsuit due to its talc-based baby powder causing cancer was way back in 1999. Since ...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a motion to dismiss Johnson & Johnson’s latest attempt to use the bankruptcy ...

The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to its iconic ...

For 15 years and counting, the Johnson & Johnson talc litigation saga continues to play out in our nation’s court system, ...

Microsoft accuses Google of shadow campaigns. DOJ throws wrench into J&J bankruptcy plan to settle talc suits. Campbell's ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez of the Southern District of Texas found no compelling reasons to send the Chapter 11 case to the District of New Jersey. The judge cited 'clearly different ...

J&J's third attempt at bankruptcy protection involves a subsidiary called Red River Talc that would cap settlement damages at $8 billion. The company maintains that none of the talc-related claims ...

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is taking a controversial legal argument to court for a third time in hopes of containing a barrage of lawsuits alleging its baby powder caused cancer, but it also faces ...