MONEY BEGETS FAVORABLE RULINGS

Appeals court declines to dance the “Texas two-step.” That’s not a new TikTok craze: It’s a corporate maneuver under Texas law whereby a company facing major liabilities spins off a new company to take them on, has the new company file for bankruptcy, and walks away unburdened—and yesterday, a federal appeals court refused to let Johnson & Johnson do it.

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