Johnson & Johnson is facing a shareholder suit that seeks to restrict the filing of future shareholder suits against the company.

A federal judge has rejected a bid for emergent relief by a Johnson & Johnson shareholder asking the company to institute mandatory arbitration of shareholder disputes in lieu of class action litigation. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp of the District of New Jersey denied a request by the Doris Behr 2012 Irrevocable Trust for expedited review of the trust’s request to have the arbitration proposal included in proxy materials distributed to shareholders during an annual meeting. But the ruling allows the request to “proceed in the ordinary course,” Shipp said Monday.

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