Plaintiffs lawyers are fighting new subpoenas from Johnson & Johnson as they prepare for the first bellwether trials in the talcum powder multidistrict litigation in New Jersey.

Johnson & Johnson has subpoenaed Northwell Health Inc., the employer of plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline, an occupational medicine specialist, to uncover the names of individuals in her research tying cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.