Johnson & Johnson must pay more than $42 million to a Massachusetts man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare ...

The plaintiff filed a nearly 300-page first amended complaint in February 2019 alleging J&J did not disclose the that its ...

Talc lawyers submitted several names for the new lead negotiation counsel on Friday after U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah ...

A naturally occurring mineral, talc consists of several elements like magnesium and silicon. When ground into fine particles, ...

Investors say that J&J knowingly inflated its stock value by hiding information about asbestos contamination of its talc ...

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge threw out the second chapter 11 case that Johnson & Johnson filed to resolve its mass talc liabilities, again shutting down the healthcare-product company’s plan to ...

J&J's effort to settle its talc liabilities in bankruptcy began in October 2021. The company divided its consumer business in two and offloaded the talc lawsuits onto its newly created subsidiary ...

The study, one of the largest on this topic to date, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. It found there was no statistically significant association between genital talc use and ovarian ...

Food-grade talc can also safely be used as an anti-caking agent. The FDA says talc in this form is “generally recognized as safe when used … in accordance with good manufacturing practice.” ...

The plaintiffs, who also are suing Luzenac America, a talc manufacturer, argue that Johnson & Johnson has known since 1971 of a link between ovarian cancer and the application of talc to the ...

Yet talc, the softest known mineral, is dug from the ground, where it can keep bad company. Talc is sometimes interlaced with asbestos, which can cause fatal diseases in those who inhale its ...