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Avon Products Files for Bankruptcy to Wrangle Talc Lawsuits

Avon Products Files for Bankruptcy to Wrangle Talc Lawsuits

The company filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Monday as it seeks to address 386 individual talc-related cases, according to its petition.

The firm has already incurred in $225 million of costs defending personal injury lawsuits and settlement payments and doesn’t have “sufficient liquidity to litigate and/or settle” the cases, its Chief Restructuring Officer Philip Gund said in court filings. The company expects the number of lawsuits…


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Uganda: Ex-LRA commander convicted in war crimes trial

Uganda: Ex-LRA commander convicted in war crimes trial

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Study finds preterm-born children fit into three profiles, with different results in cognition and behavior tests