Johnson & Johnson lodged a new attack against Beasley Allen, asking a federal judge to order subpoenas of the plaintiffs firm about its litigation financing and relationship with news agency Thomson Reuters.

Johnson & Johnson already has moved to disqualify Beasley Allen from the talcum powder litigation based on a partnership that principal Andy Birchfield, in Montgomery, Alabama, struck with one of its former lawyers, Jim Conlan, to pitch a $19 billion settlement after opposing two bankruptcies of subsidiary LTL Management. Friday’s subpoena request focused instead on Beasley Allen’s alleged attempt to thwart Johnson & Johnson’s latest $6.48 billion bankruptcy plan, announced on May 1.