J&J: Bankruptcy Stay Covers Appeal Over Mississippi Consumer Protection Suit

Mealey's (October 26, 2021, 9:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Johnson & Johnson told the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 18 that the automatic stay invoked by the bankruptcy of its recently created affiliate applied to both it and the now dissolved Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. and requires withholding any further action in the appeal of a Mississippi Supreme Court ruling allowing the state to pursue consumer protection claims over the company’s alleged failure to warn about the ovarian cancer risk associated with the use of talc products....