( May 12, 2026, 11:04 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson entities told the federal judge overseeing asbestos-talc multidistrict litigation in New Jersey that a recent ruling from Illinois state court buttresses the argument that plaintiffs’ attorney Andy Birchfield and Beasley Allen Law Firm should be barred from participating in the litigation after forming an alliance with a former attorney for the company who worked on settling the litigation....