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accession: "0000200406-25-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JNJ"
cik: "0000200406"
company_name: "JOHNSON & JOHNSON"
filed_at: "2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T22:52:39.374856+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bankruptcy court denies J&J's Red River Talc prepackaged plan; $7B reserve reversed

## Summary
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Texas denied confirmation of Red River Talc LLC's prepackaged plan on March 31, 2025.
- Johnson & Johnson will reverse approximately $7 billion from amounts previously reserved for the bankruptcy resolution.
- The decision is a setback in J&J's strategy to resolve talc-related lawsuits through subsidiary bankruptcy.
- Press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 details the announcement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000200406-25-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JNJ
- cik: 0000200406
- company_name: JOHNSON & JOHNSON
- filed_at: 2025-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040625000106/0000200406-25-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040625000106/jnj-20250331.htm

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