Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, takes the stand as he is questioned by the plaintiff’s lawyer Chris Panatier, in New Jersey Supreme Court in New Brunswick on Jan. 27. Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson
A judge in a New York talc case found that Simmons Hanly Conroy's disclosure of Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky's deposition to Reuters "was frivolous and done to harass the defendants," and ordered a Feb. 24 hearing before a special master to determine monetary sanctions.
February 04, 2020 at 05:20 PM
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A Manhattan judge has sanctioned plaintiffs attorneys in a talcum powder case for their “frivolous” behavior in disclosing the deposition of Johnson & Johnson’s CEO to the news media in violation of a protective order.
New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez found that attorneys at Simmons Hanly Conroy, in disclosing the deposition to Reuters before a 30-day window outlined in the protective order, was inappropriate, according to his Jan. 14 sanctions order.
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