Parties in Federal Securities Class Action Against J&J by Stockholders Agree to Lead Counsel, Amended Pleading Deadlines

TRENTON, N.J. –– A New Jersey federal court has signed off on a stipulation submitted by parties in a class action lawsuit filed by Johnson & Johnson stock holders against the company in which the parties outlined deadlines for an amended complaint and motions to dismiss.

In a Dec. 11 joint stipulation filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey noted that in a prior order it had appointed the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association as lead plaintiff and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as lead counsel.

The federal securities class action …