( October 12, 2023, 3:09 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson (J&J) spinoff LTL Management LLC’s arguments against dismissal of its trade libel, fraud and trademark law violation claims against the author of an asbestos talc study only serve to show that the company fails to state any valid claims and that her study “is a protected scientific opinion that is not actionable as a matter of law,” the author says in a reply in support of dismissal filed in New Jersey federal court....