NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a decision that ended J&J's second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of cancer lawsuits through a shell company's bankruptcy ...

The health-care giant can’t force women with ovarian cancer to join a proposed, $8 billion settlement under a ruling earlier this year by the top US court, lawyers who have long fought J&J argued.

The trial, in federal court in Houston, marks the third time the ... Courts in New Jersey and Philadelphia stopped earlier attempts by J&J — one of the most profitable companies in the world ...