JURIST

JULY 23, 2021

and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation, as well as opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. According to James, “The numerous companies that manufactured and distributed opioids across the nation did so without regard to life or even the national crisis they were helping to fuel.” New York will receive $1.25

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JURIST

JUNE 18, 2022

According to the company, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. Johnson’s [one of the plaintiffs] cancer. While we have great sympathy for Mr. Johnson, the jury has weighed the evidence from both sides in this case and concluded that Roundup is not responsible for his injuries.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

Endo International PLC (Endo) Tuesday agreed to pay $65 million to settle all Florida governmental opioid-related cases and claims, preventing pending claims against the specialty pharmaceutical company from going to trial. Pharmaceutical companies continue to face ongoing backlash through numerous lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Monday ruled against Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) attempt to resolve its multi-billion dollar litigation over claims that its talcum-based powders were carcinogenic. The company then bestows its assets on one and its tort liability on the other.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. This plan appropriated money to 21 government programs to combat opioid abuse statewide.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2022

A civil trial between the Attorney Generals office and the companies commenced in April where the State “alleged the manufacturers helped fuel the opioid epidemic in West Virginia by engaging in strategic campaigns to deceive prescribers and misrepresent the risks and benefits of opioid painkillers.”

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

In an order list released Tuesday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal seeking to undo a $2 billion judgment over claims that their talc-based baby powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. Johnson & Johnson also attempted to contest the judgment of $1.6

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2024

In 2020 and 2021, the Commission signed contracts with major pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Sanofi-GSK, Johnson & Johnson, BioNTech-Pfizer, CureVac, Moderna, and Novavax. These agreements, valued at €2.7

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla Thursday were sued for $258 billion by Dogecoin investor Keith Johnson. Johnson accused Musk of orchestrating a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, also known as a Ponzi scheme. According to Johnson, this caused the crypto’s price to fluctuate.

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Law 360

MAY 22, 2024

Cancer patients who have sued Johnson & Johnson alleging that its talcum powder caused their illness alleged Wednesday that the company has tried to intentionally prevent tort victims from getting their day in court through a scheme of fraudulent corporate transactions.

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Law 360

JULY 12, 2024

Johnson & Johnson wants a New Jersey federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging that the company has tried to intentionally prevent talc claimants from getting their day in court through a scheme of fraudulent corporate transactions, arguing that the cancer patients failed to show how any of the challenged transactions left it unable to (..)

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Johnson appear to have put their branding differences aside for the time being, with the American multinational consumer packaged goods and chemicals company withdrawing its opposition to one of Off-White’s pending trademark applications for registration. Johnson filed a motion with the U.S. Johnson’s OFF! Johnson’s OFF!

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2021

“Supreme Court will not take up Johnson & Johnson challenge of $2.1 billion cancer case award”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post. billion judgment involving 20 women who alleged talcum powder caused cancer.”

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Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A New Jersey federal judge has denied Johnson & Johnson's renewed efforts to subpoena communications between non-parties law firms and media outlets about the company's talcum powder products in a securities class action, saying the request is time-barred and fails to show the court erred in denying the initial discovery motion.

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Law 360

JULY 28, 2023

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge dismissed the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit Friday, saying the company's second attempt at addressing thousands of talc injury claims didn't meet the standards for financial distress.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The nation’s three major drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle opioid claims for up to $665 million with Native American tribes who have claimed they were harmed by decades of exposure to highly addictive painkillers, reports the Washington Post. .

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to Common Dreams, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act would prohibit companies from enforcing mandatory arbitration agreements. Hank Johnson (D-GA) said ordinary people should not be. In his bid to reintroduce the FAIR Act, Rep.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

The Beasley Allen Law Firm, the steering committee of talc plaintiffs suing Johnson & Johnson, and a third-party law firm urged the New Jersey federal court this week to reject a bid from the pharmaceutical company to reinstate subpoenas seeking evidence of alleged third-party litigation funding.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

As the opioid crisis rages on, more than 80 school districts in 16 states are suing opioid manufactures and distributors like Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson, says Education Week. The lawsuits aim to get these companies to help pay for the costs of education and supporting children affected by the opioid crisis.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A North Carolina bankruptcy judge is pondering moving the Chapter 11 case of the Johnson & Johnson spinoff holding the company's talc liability to New Jersey or Delaware, saying his court may not be the best place to decide if the bankruptcy can stop talc suits against the parent company.

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Law 360

JULY 19, 2022

Johnson & Johnson wants an Ohio federal court to toss opioid claims made against the company by a host of New York municipalities, saying a change to an Empire State law bars those allegations.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2023

Investors suing Johnson & Johnson in a securities class action hit back at the company's renewed efforts to subpoena communications between certain law firms and media outlets about the company's talcum powder products, arguing the new evidence J&J provided in a motion to reconsider is not relevant.

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Law 360

AUGUST 11, 2023

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge entered the dismissal of the second Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit on Friday, but rejected the talc claimants' request to prohibit the company from making future bankruptcy filings for six months.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2021

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson reposted a letter he wrote last August to Starbucks partners affirming the company’s support for free and fair elections. In a tweet , Johnson wrote, “[w]e must eliminate systemic barriers that prevent people of color and historically underrepresented communities from voting.”

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Johnson Enterprises, LLC, in which the parties were battling a trade dress infringement claim involving these large outdoor Connect 4-like games. A few months later, Johnson Enterprises sought to expand its outdoor yard game offerings and decided it, too, would sell a giant Connect 4-style game.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday ordered a Taiwanese company to stop distributing alleged infringing canine implants, ruling that a jury previously found that unlicensed similar models had violated the patent of a Johnson & Johnson unit and that continued sales are causing irreparable harm.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Johnson & Johnson asked a New Jersey federal court Friday for a second shot at subpoenaing several law firms' communications with media outlets around the company's talcum powder products, arguing a federal magistrate judge who previously quashed the subpoenas did so in error.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

and partner BioNTech SE, Johnson & Johnson as well as AstraZeneca PLC. Countries whose national, regional or tribal governments were approached include the Netherlands, Latvia, France, Israel, the Czech Republic, Austria, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Canada and Spain. Some of the governments were offered vaccines from Pfizer Inc.

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Law 360

MARCH 1, 2024

Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was the 'spark' that caused the cancer that killed a Miami anesthesiologist, an attorney for her widower told jurors Friday as he urged them to punish the company for hiding the product's cancer links from consumers.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

I have written about the disastrous policies of Mayor Brandon Johnson for Chicago. As a native son, it is hard to watch this wonderful city undermined by Johnson and radical allies in the city council. Johnson was elected in a close race against an anti-crime candidate. Only 39 percent favor Johnson continuing the status.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In a five to one decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has reversed a historic $465 million ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding a judge incorrectly interpreted public nuisance laws in the nation’s first major trial over the opioid epidemic, reports the Washington Post.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Third Circuit’s recent dismissal of Johnson & Johnson’s talc unit Chapter 11 case hints at an emerging pattern of judicial hostility toward the so-called Texas two-step, creating challenges for companies attempting to divorce legal liabilities from healthy operating assets prior to a bankruptcy filing, say Ryan Dahl and Jeramy Webb at Ropes & Gray. (..)

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Executives at pharmaceutical companies and drugstore chains likely found themselves searching for solutions to soothe their own headaches and help them sleep at night after getting news last month that the Food and Drug Administration determined a common ingredient in popular over-the-counter cold medications doesn’t work.

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LawSites

JULY 5, 2022

North Carolina-based TCDI , a company that provides e-discovery and cybersecurity software and services, has completed its acquisition of the e-discovery practice of London-based global professional services firm Aon. TCDI first announced that it had signed the deal to acquire Aon’s e-discovery practice last month.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Johnson & Johnson (company). Wolf Greenfield (Doubled). Banner & Witcoff (Some growth). Polsinelli PC (Huge growth, including folks from Novak Druce; Dorsey; etc. and also new attorneys). Alston & Bird (Steady). Kirkland & Ellis (Steady). Haynes and Boone (Growth – mostly new attorneys).

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Department of Justice’s use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to prosecute JPMorgan employees for spoofing shows that federal agencies are more willing to target dated conduct related to systemic fraud, and is a reminder of steps companies can take to mitigate RICO conspiracy investigations, say attorneys at Steptoe & Johnson. (..)

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The indictment concerns Biden’s activities with his company Owasco, his actions as a board member for a Ukrainian industrial company called Burisma, and for his dealings with a Chinese private equity fund. The new charges join the two previous charges filed against him in a federal court in Delaware.

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