J&J Talc Unit Judge to Take Up Fee Requests After Prior Refusal

A Houston judge who rejected Johnson & Johnson‘s third attempt to resolve mass tort talc liabilities in bankruptcy relented to adjudicate requests for millions of dollars in legal fees that have been pending since he dismissed the case months ago.

Judge Christopher Lopez of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, responding to a higher court’s order that he explain his abstention from addressing outstanding professional fee issues in the Chapter 11 case for Red River Talc LLC, said at a hearing Wednesday that he will resume the proceedings for the purpose of conducting the remaining ...