Mealey's (April 13, 2022, 11:56 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California appellate panel on April 11 struck $42 million in civil penalties from a verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary Ethicon Inc. imposed by a trial court for oral communications to doctors that were unsubstantiated by evidence but affirmed the remaining $302 million in penalties for other deceptive marketing of pelvic mesh products in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL)....