Asbestos-Talc MDL Judge Affirms Ruling Allowing Refiling Of Daubert Challenges

( May 2, 2024, 11:40 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A ruling allowing the refiling of Daubert challenges in the multidistrict litigation involving Johnson & Johnson talc doesn’t throw out a previous judge’s ruling but simply complies with the 2020 ruling’s recognition that the underlying science could change and acknowledges amendments to federal rules, a federal judge in New Jersey said in an unpublished memorandum denying reconsideration....