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July 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel has asked Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) to provide it all documents related to the company’s plans to put its talc liabilities into bankruptcy, according to a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by Reuters. Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform’s […]

By Hannah Albarazi A California appellate panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of Johnson & Johnson‘s summary judgment win in an asbestos-talc case, questioning the trial judge’s decision to preclude plaintiffs’ experts’ reliance on third-party testing finding asbestos in consumer talc and pressing J&J to explain its “magical” process for filtering out asbestos particles. All three judges on the […]