( March 24, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Parties to California’s coordinated asbestos-talc ovarian cancer litigation filed a joint report on the second wave of bellwether cases, with Johnson & Johnson entities urging the court to continue with existing and agreed-to rules for selecting the next trials while plaintiffs argue that living plaintiffs should be given priority. Meanwhile, the Johnson & Johnson entities said during a hearing that expert Jennifer Permuth would not be called during the second set of cases....