I don't get how a legal entity can somehow magically hand its liability to a ficticious subsidiary. If the suit is against JJ, how could it be pointed somewhere else? Like what is the legal standing for that...?
The legal standing is that a brazenly corrupt Supreme Court has been purchased by billionaires, and any sort of regulatory agency that might counter that sort of thing has been defanged or defunded.
What a complete load of bullcrap.
J&J's "Two-Step" strategy has already been knocked down twice by Federal Courts and unless J&J appeals the cases will never reach SCOTUS and they won't do that because they know they will lose. There's also no "regulatory agency" in charge of the cases that Federal Courts can or must hear nor should one exist.
I agree J&J's "court shopping" like this is unethical but its up to Congress to make it illegal. Congress, not the Judiciary, is to blame for continuing to allow this legal chicanery
You're kind of both right. Different sides of the same corruption coin. Both agencies should be willing to curb this practice but both are corrupted.
If the suit is against JJ, how could it be pointed somewhere else?
The parent company sells or transfers all of the assets related to the lawsuit to a separate company and along with those assets goes all the liabilities...like lawsuits.
Yeah, it's just like when you kill someone in an automobile accident. So long as you sell the car involved, you can pass the liability to the buyer
If Asbestos is in the talc, it cannot be removed. Don't use products with talc, regardless of how "safe" a company claims it is. You can do tests that won't detect Asbestos in talc. But a proper test will show if there is Asbestos in the talc. No one needs to use talc anymore in toiletries or food. There are safe alternatives, this is 2024, science has progressed. J&J just wants to avoid losing money and talc is just a cheap product. I boycotted J&J years before this latest issue arose with the talc. There are less evil corporations to buy from.
Shit. The barber put this shit on me at every haircut as a child. I had no idea.
They were doing their job asbestos they can
I am pretty sure this is what took my Aunt. She would bath herself in it every day since I could remember. Died of cancer a few years back but because of other choices the link would never be made.
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