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A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary filed for bankruptcy for a third time on Friday as the healthcare giant seeks to advance an approximately $8 billion proposed settlement that would end tens of ...
Johnson & Johnson has twice been unsuccessful in using a controversial bankruptcy tactic to contain lawsuits alleging its baby powder caused cancer. The third time, J&J said, will be different.
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it plans to pay $6.5 billion over 25 years to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer ...
However, while the spin-off is under the oversight of the bankruptcy court, the parent company can continue to operate normally. For instance, when Johnson & Johnson entered into a Texas two-step through its spin-off LTL Management LLC, J&J's other divisions continued to operate unencumbered, and J&J maintained its AAA credit rating. [4]
In the case of LTL, a $2 billion trust will be created, compared to $25 billion if Johnson & Johnson had declared bankruptcy. According to the filing, a company known as Old JJCI took on the baby powder related liabilities in 1979, while Johnson & Johnson remained a defendant.
Chapter 7 of Title 11 U.S. Code is the bankruptcy code that governs the process of liquidation under the bankruptcy laws of the U.S. In contrast to bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and Chapter 13, which govern the process of reorganization of a debtor, Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most common form of bankruptcy in the U.S. [1]
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from its Baby Powder litigation into a newly created business that would then seek bankruptcy protection, Reuters reports.
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries have approxi mately 115,500 employees worldwide engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health care field. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which has more than 250 operating companies conducting business in virtually all countries of the world.