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Dallas Law Firm That Won 2 Talc Verdicts This Year Opens Another J&J Trial

Dean Omar Branham Shirley, which won jury awards of $45 million and $260 million in Illinois and Oregon, gave opening statements to a South Carolina jury on behalf of Michael Perry, who, at 53 years old, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2023.
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The Recorder

A Judge Asks: Is It Time to End Ken Feinberg's Roundup Settlement Program?

Last month, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asked plaintiffs' lead counsel if the settlement program under Ken Feinberg should come to an end.
7 minute read

Law.com

'It Was a Very Long Battle': Why Talc Victims Could Vote for J&J's Third Bankruptcy

Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield, whose firm has led opposition to another talc bankruptcy, acknowledged to Law.com: "I would be really surprised if J&J were to lose this vote."
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New Jersey Law Journal

J&J Loses Bid to Subpoena Beasley Allen Over Talc Financing

Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider, of the District of New Jersey, found on Tuesday that there was not good cause to allow Johnson & Johnson to pursue discovery about Beasley Allen's litigation financing.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys for Future Talc Claimants File Medical Monitoring Class Action Against J&J

Monday's lawsuit comes less than a month after many of the same plaintiffs' firms sued to stop Johnson & Johnson's potential third talc bankruptcy.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs Move to Prevent Johnson & Johnson's Plans in 3rd Talc Bankruptcy

Lawyers for talc claimants filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent a planned third J&J bankruptcy from being filed outside New Jersey, where two prior Chapter 11 cases were dismissed.
6 minute read

Law.com

Will the Fourth Circuit Finally Take On Bankruptcy's 'Texas Two-Step'?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has agreed to take up a bankruptcy involving the controversial "Texas two-step," potentially deciding the merger tactic's fate in future Chapter 11 cases. The opening brief is due July 10.
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Texas Lawyer

Another Dean Omar Talc Trial Opens in Dallas, Two Days After $260M Verdict

'For more than 50 years, people have studied whether there's a connection between baby powder, and its talc, and mesothelioma,' Johnson & Johnson attorney Collin Cox told jurors on Wednesday, according to Courtroom View Network's livestream. 'There isn't.'
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Law.com

Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Scored Again: Jury Hits J&J With $260M

The Oregon jury's verdict, which included $200 million in punitive damages, followed a month of trial in a case brought by Kyung Lee, diagnosed with mesothelioma after decades of being exposed to Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.
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Law.com

Talc Plaintiffs Move to Quash Subpoenas as J&J Defends Attorney's Conduct

On Thursday, Beasley Allen and the plaintiffs' steering committee in the talc multidistrict litigation filed motions to quash subpoenas sought by Johnson & Johnson in the talc litigation.
6 minute read

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