UPDATE 2-Imerys Talc America files for bankruptcy under weight of talc litigation
February 13, 2019 at 14:19 PM EST
Imerys Talc America, the U.S. unit of French group Imerys SA and a supplier to healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson Inc, on Wednesday said it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to rising costs in the litigation over cosmetic talc.