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Legislation & LitigationColorado Attorney General Phil Weiser charged contractor Rocco Roberts with fraud after he allegedly exposed a Boulder family to asbestos during a basement renovation… -
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Legislation & LitigationJ&J Faces New Lawsuits and Verdicts While Trying to Settle Cases
Johnson & Johnson is facing new legal challenges over its talc products, including a new lawsuit from a Jackson County, Missouri woman. Her lawsuit… -
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Legislation & LitigationUniroyal & Vi-Jon File Chapter 11 Over Asbestos and Talc Claims
Uniroyal Holding Inc. and Vi-Jon, LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within days of each other, as both companies faced mounting litigation tied… -
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Legislation & Litigation$5.5B Talc Settlement Offer May End Baby Powder Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson is proposing a $5.5 billion settlement to resolve approximately 76,000 claims and could close out more than a decade of litigation… -
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Legislation & LitigationCompany Fined $500K and Given Probation Over Asbestos
A West Virginia company faces a $500,000 criminal fine and 2 years of probation in Michigan federal court for illegally demolishing a building known… -
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Legislation & LitigationJ&J Faces $32M Talc Verdict as Lawsuits Mount
A Los Angeles jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $32 million to the family of Maria Lozano. The lawsuit accused the company… -
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Legislation & Litigation$10.2M Talc Verdict Names Maker of Target, Walmart Store Brands
A Minnesota couple has won $10.2 million after a jury found that decades of exposure to asbestos-contaminated talc products caused the husband’s mesothelioma diagnosis. -
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Legislation & LitigationMesothelioma Lawsuit Filings Highest Since Prepandemic Levels
Asbestos lawsuits climbed to 4,244 in 2025, the highest total since before pandemic-era court closures slowed filings nationwide. Mesothelioma cases crossed 2,000 for the… -
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Legislation & LitigationTalc Suits Surge 47% With More Mesothelioma & Women Plaintiffs
KCIC Consulting, which specializes in asbestos litigation, has released its annual report looking back at the 2025 lawsuit landscape in the U.S. Among some… -
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Legislation & LitigationADAO Files New Suit Over Missed Legacy Asbestos Deadline
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is taking the federal government to court over a missed legal deadline that leaves millions of Americans at risk.