UCL Asbestos-Talc Class Seeks Briefing Extension, Cites Confusion Over Stay

Mealey's (December 7, 2021, 10:39 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A class in a California unfair competition law (UCL) case involving allegations that two companies improperly advertised consumer talc as free from asbestos filed an emergency motion Dec. 2 asking the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to give them until February to file the reply brief after the judge imposed a stay related to the bankruptcy of a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, then lifted the stay, only for the company to seek to reimpose it two weeks later....