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• J&J proposed resolution of ovarian talc litigation 27 Jul 202627 July 2026 proposal, by J&J's account about $5.5 billion for the remaining ovarian talc claims, conditioned on 95 per cent participation.
• J&J talc bankruptcies 12 Oct 2021 – 31 Mar 2025Three attempts, 2021 to 2025, to settle J&J's talc claims through the bankruptcy of a subsidiary; all three were dismissed.
• J&J talc settlement proposal, July 2026 22 Jul 2026 –On 27 July 2026 J&J said it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion for about 76,000 ovarian cancer talc claims; it is final only if 95% of claimants accept.
• January 2021 short squeeze trading litigation 2021 – 26 Jun 2024Private lawsuits by retail investors over the brokers' purchase restrictions of 28 January 2021, gathered in one federal case in the Southern District of Florida; the Eleventh Circuit upheld two dismissals, in 2023 and 2024.
• JASTA veto and override, 2016 23–28 Sep 2016Congress overrode President Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
• Johnstown Flood 31 May 1889Failure of the South Fork dam on 31 May 1889 that killed at least 2,209 people.
• JPMorgan Chase slavery disclosure, 2005 20 Jan 2005On 20 January 2005 JPMorgan Chase said two predecessor banks in Louisiana had taken enslaved people as collateral, and apologised.
• July Crisis 28 Jun 1914 – 4 Aug 1914The thirty-seven days from the shooting in Sarajevo to the outbreak of general war in Europe.
• Jupiter missile deployment in Turkey 1961 – Apr 1963Stationing of US nuclear-armed Jupiter missiles in Turkey, arranged through NATO, until 1963.