Civil Litigation,
Bankruptcy
Feb. 4, 2022
Judge allows law professors to weigh in on J&J bankruptcy
Jhe professors, several from California law schools, oppose what they say is the company’s “blatant abuse” of the bankruptcy system.
A New Jersey Bankruptcy judge said UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and other law professors can file amicus briefs to dismiss a bankruptcy filed by Johnson & Johnson and its shell company LTL Management, whose only purpose is to hold liabilities from the national talc powder litigation.
After an hour and a half hearing Thursday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael B. Kaplan gave Chemerinsky and a group of seven law professo...
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