US Trustee Wants Texas Talc Bankruptcy in NJ: 'J&J's Tactics Are an Assault'

Jayson Ruff, a trial attorney for U.S. Trustee Kevin Epstein in Houston, filed the venue motion on Thursday, two days after a New Jersey bankruptcy court refused to take up a similar motion in J&J's second Chapter 11 case.

September 27, 2024 at 06:21 PM

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Bankruptcy

By Amanda Bronstad
staff reporter

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The motion cites a 2021 order in which U.S. Bankruptcy Judge J. Craig Whitley transferred the first talc bankruptcy from North Carolina to New Jersey.
On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, in the Southern District of Texas, imposed an automatic stay on nearly 60,000 lawsuits alleging J&J's talcum powder products causes ovarian cancer until after the venue matter gets decided.
J&J, in a statement, noted that the debtor who filed the Chapter 11 case, Red River Talc, is based in Texas.

The U.S. Trustee in Johnson & Johnson's third talc bankruptcy has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to transfer the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.

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