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...“New users remain a challenge and that’s where product innovation comes in....
...federal judge has dismissed 3M’s attempt to use the US bankruptcy system to manage personal injury claims related to earplugs it sold, in the latest setback to a legal strategy corporations have used to shield...
...J&J had attempted to shield Kenvue from most of the tens of thousands of talc claims already filed against the group....
...The wealth manager Abrdn offers investment products that track the HFRI 500, and HFR is looking for a similar partner to sell an HFRI 400 product to wealthy Americans who need an onshore version....
...J&J, which will continue to own more than 90 per cent of Kenvue’s shares, has agreed to shield it from any legal costs related to sales of baby powder in the US and Canada....
...If Taiwan’s chip output is dented, its “silicon shield” could also weaken....
...Others of the firm’s fund managers, including James Hanbury, had their products rebranded with the Brook moniker....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 27 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Protesters used giant inflatable ducks as shields against tear gas and water cannons....
...Meta’s Davis warns that if this shield is removed, it could create “real problems” for the internet with ramifications for free speech....
...TikTok US Data Security Inc is being created as a new subsidiary of TikTok governed by an independent board of directors who will oversee teams of staff in engineering, product operations, trust and safety...
...J&J, which began selling baby powder in 1894, denies its talc-based products contain traces of asbestos and cause cancer....
...“We get a little bit of the lipstick effect where the products we sell are an indulgence but they’re relatively inexpensive....
...Asset managers said their efforts to bring new alternative products to market is a response in part to demand from wealth managers who are desperate to shield clients from large bear market swings and rising...
...The company’s approach to product design is an example of this, as the legal team works closely with product designers — sometimes years before there is a prototype — to ensure that intellectual property...
...Gun manufacturers are broadly shielded from federal lawsuits brought against them in the US over the use of their products....
...It said its position — that the product is safe and does not cause cancer — has not changed....
...J&J denies its products harmed people, and did not respond to a request for comment....
...The world’s biggest health products company has faced tens of thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs alleging that its cosmetic talc product causes cancer....
...“Shame on J&J for trying to evade its liabilities for products it sold with its golden stamp of approval for safety,” Wolens, who is now principal at McKool Smith law firm, told the Financial Times....
...As Stephen Bates, author of Royalty Inc, puts it: “The monarchy is one thing the Americans don’t have.”...
...J&J denies its talc-based baby powder, a product that was in use for more than a century, contains asbestos and can cause ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, as plaintiffs allege....
...Additional reporting by Ella Hermonio in Manila A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 27 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...But not even Adelson’s luck could shield his businesses from the impact of the coronavirus....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 1 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
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