Judge Holds In Abeyance Motion To Compel Asbestos-Talc Study Materials

( September 28, 2026, 11:11 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York agreed to hold in abeyance a pending motion by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Pecos River Talc LLC seeking to compel Northwell Health Inc. to produce documents related to an asbestos-talc study conducted by employee and plaintiff-side expert, Jacqueline Moline, while the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals considers whether to revive the talc company’s trade libel claim....