Beasley Allen loses effort to stay DQ from talc cases

The law firm disqualified from thousands of lawsuits alleging talcum powder causes cancer must stay on the sidelines, a New Jersey appeals court has decided.

“To have Beasley Allen litigate cases in our trial courts when they have been disqualified would not be in the interest of justice,” the state Appellate Division recently said in rejecting the firm’s request for a stay of its disqualification order.

Earlier this year, that court found Beasley Allen violated professionalism rules when it strategized with James Conlan, who had represented Johnson & Johnson in court, on a mass settlement of talc claims. The ruling disqualifies Beasley Allen from 3,600 cases in New Jersey state court that claim talc in cosmetic products like Baby Powder contains asbestos and causes ovarian and other cancers.

There is also a push to oust the firm from tens of thousands of federal court lawsuits. A Read Entire Article