The record
On June 11, 2024, Johnson & Johnson entered a consent judgment with the New York Attorney General on behalf of a Multistate Working Group of 42 states and the District of Columbia, resolving consumer-protection claims over the marketing of talc powder products. J&J agreed to pay the group $700,000,000 in four installments of $175,000,000, and covenanted that it had ceased, and will not resume, manufacturing, marketing, promoting, selling, or distributing talc-containing baby/body/cosmetic powder products in the United States, directly or through any third party. The action was brought under Executive Law Sec. 63(12) and General Business Law Secs. 349 and 350 (deceptive acts and false advertising).
Claim scope
A June 11, 2024 consent judgment between J&J and the NY AG for a Multistate Working Group (42 states and DC, listed in Sec. 3.8) resolving state consumer-protection claims: a $700M collective payment in four $175M installments; J&J's covenant that it ceased and will not resume US manufacture/marketing/sale/distribution of talc powder products ('Covered Products', Sec. 3.3: baby and body powder and cosmetic powder products containing talcum powder, including Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower); and the statutory basis (Executive Law Sec. 63(12); GBL Secs. 349 and 350 - deceptive acts or practices and false advertising).
What this source does not establish
It is not a finding or admission of wrongdoing - J&J expressly denies liability and the judgment was entered without adjudication of any issue of fact or law. It does not resolve or release private individual actions or class claims (expressly preserved in Sec. 2.7). The filing's recital that 'J&J specifically targeted African American and Hispanic women in its marketing campaigns' (Complaint para. 22) is an ALLEGATION within the filing, not a finding of the court; the phrase 'communities of color' appears nowhere in the document. The complaint's recital that J&J discontinued talc baby powder 'in May 2020' remains an allegation - the verified record stays 'in 2020' (no company 8-K gives a month).
Limitations
Page phrasing: 'In June 2024, J&J agreed to pay $700 million to a coalition of 42 states and the District of Columbia to resolve consumer-protection claims over its talc marketing, and covenanted not to resume selling talc powder products in the United States. The judgment contains no admission of wrongdoing.' Do NOT write '42 Attorneys General found' anything; do NOT attribute 'communities of color' phrasing to the document; do NOT use this record for the marketing-motive beat (use CHRG-116hhrg48687 and the dated chronology).
Source
Gov Report — Consent Judgment, People of the State of New York v. Johnson & Johnson (N.Y. Sup. Ct., entered June 11, 2024), hosted by the Office of the New York Attorney General as 2024.06.11.jnj-talc-consent-judgment-new-york.pdf (35 pp.)