Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 2:43 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge on May 9 declined an emergency motion seeking to bring state court asbestos-talc actions against Johnson & Johnson into federal court, potentially providing some guidance to a judge who on May 6 cited the Imerys Talc America Inc. bankruptcy case at the heart of the motion as the basis for staying more than two dozen asbestos-talc actions while allowing “placeholder” remand motions (In re: Various removed state court action against, inter alia, Johnson & Johnson (State Court Talc Actions), No. 19-3530, S.D. N.Y.)....