Talcum Powder MDL Court Notified of Extension of Bankruptcy Automatic Stay

TRENTON, N.J. –– The Johnson & Johnson defendants have filed a letter in the national multidistrict litigation docket for talcum powder personal injury claims, notifying the court of a bankruptcy court’s decision to extend the automatic stay until March.

In the Dec. 6 letter filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the defendants included a copy of the Dec. 5 order from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

In that order, Hon. Christopher Lopez extended the stay until March 15, 2025. The stay had previously been in place until Dec. 2. …