Replies to post #556 on 3M Company (MMM)

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3M—US Chamber of Commerce files amicus brief in support of 3M’s petition before the 7th US Circuit Court with respect to earplug litigation:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/surprise-u-chamber-backs-3m-003147746.html

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3M says 85-90% of earplug plaintiffs have_no hearing loss:

https://investors.3m.com/news/news-details/2023/Department-of-Defense-Data-Reveals-No-Hearing-Loss-Among-Vast-Majority-of-Plaintiffs-in-Combat-Arms-Earplug-Litigation/default.aspx

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JNJ’s talc litigation heads to US Supreme Court:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-j-fails-to-win-appellate-rehearing-of-talc-units-bankruptcy-dismissal-a23374be

Johnson & Johnson will seek the Supreme Court’s review after a federal appeals court declined to revive the company’s bid to use chapter 11 bankruptcy to freeze nearly 40,000 lawsuits linking its talc products to cancer.

This case has ramifications for 3M’s earplug litigation, although the two scenarios have material differences (#msg-171072884).