Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) faced a legal setback on Friday when a New Jersey judge rejected its bid to disqualify the law firm Beasley Allen from representing plaintiffs who claim the company’s talc products caused their cancer. This decision complicates Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to resolve over 60,000 claims through a $6.48 billion pre-packaged bankruptcy plan, Reuters reports. Judge John Porto of the New Jersey Superior Court ruled that Johnson & Johnson had not provided “any credible basis” for its allegations that Beasley Allen partner Andy Birchfield formed an unethical alliance with a former Johnson & Johnson lawyer. In a related development, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, overseeing talc cases in New Jersey federal ...