This month’s precedential ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court on scientific evidence supports a key 2016 decision in a pair of closely watched talcum powder cases, according to a letter brief filed this month by Johnson & Johnson.

In an Aug. 9 letter before the New Jersey Appellate Division, Johnson & Johnson and talc supplier Imerys Talc America Inc. said the high court’s Aug. 1 decision in In re Accutane, which applied a more rigorous analysis for scientific methods and testimony in New Jersey courtrooms, justified upholding Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson’s ruling in the talcum powder cases. That ruling, which Johnson & Johnson has cited in other cases, including those outside of New Jersey, struck two plaintiff’s attorneys because of their “made-for-litigation” methods and tactics.