
Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield fired back on Tuesday against Johnson & Johnson's motion to disqualify him and his firm from the talc multidistrict litigation in New Jersey, calling the move the 'latest example in a long line of smear tactics' against plaintiffs lawyers, experts and others. The disqualification motion cites a partnership Birchfield formed with one of its former lawyers, James Conlan. Both are pitching a proposed $19 billion deal to resolve talc litigation.
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