Beasley Allen office sign. Courtesy photo Under Fire, Beasley Allen Accuses J&J Talc Lawyer of Misconduct
In a Wednesday letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, Jeffrey Pollock, an attorney for Beasley Allen, said Johnson & Johnson outside counsel Jim Murdica violated professional conduct rules by communicating with its talc client.
May 24, 2024 at 05:00 AM
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- The letter called J&J's subpoena demand part of a 'long line of abusive bad faith litigation tactics.'
- J&J, in a statement, noted that Beasley Allen's client sent an unsolicited email to Murdica to find out more about its planned $6.48 billion bankruptcy plan.
- The subpoena fight comes as J&J moved to disqualify Beasley Allen from the talc litigation.
Beasley Allen asked a federal judge to reject Johnson & Johnson's demand for a subpoena that was prompted, according to the firm, by "nothing less than a full-blown assault on the attorney-client privilege."
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