By Ellen Bardash | August 1, 2022
Attorneys for some of the 82,209 total abuse claimants said Monday they're looking to make adjustments and get a final confirmation order in place within a month.
By Colleen Murphy | June 28, 2022
Concluding that "amendment would be futile," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has rejected a bid by a class of female employees to collect a more than $3.5 million judgment entered just before their employer, John Varvatos Enterprises, filed for bankruptcy.
By Jacob Polacheck | May 25, 2022
Alston & Bird, Womble and Eversheds Sutherland have all made bankruptcy partner hires in the last two weeks, with practitioners at each firm predicting an uptick in filings this year.
By Ellen Bardash | April 14, 2022
During six days of closing arguments, attorneys went through the bankruptcy plan with a fine-tooth comb before U.S. District Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the District of Delaware, who pushed all sides for answers on how far her decision will extend into administration of the plan.
By Ellen Bardash | March 28, 2022
Opponents, including insurance companies, have cited a release of future litigation as a primary reason District of Delaware Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein shouldn't approve the Boy Scouts' plan.
By Ellen Bardash | March 14, 2022
Some parties that have litigation claims not related to sexual abuse say they'd be shortchanged by the plan, including the Girl Scouts of America, which claimed the proportion it would receive of damages from its trademark litigation against the Boy Scouts was smaller than that of other litigants'.
By Justin Henry | February 10, 2022
"Robinson had told us that its goal was to have really substantial offices and both Delaware and Philadelphia. We sort of immediately started looking to grow and develop those offices," said Robinson & Cole's Natalie Ramsey.
By Ellen Bardash | February 10, 2022
Attorneys from 32 firms have indicated they'll be recommending their clients accept the plan, which was modified to address how settlement funds will be handled and put in place systems protecting future scouts from abuse.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 8, 2022
While most senators criticized the strategy, they didn't land on what, if any, legislative fix would be appropriate.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 21, 2022
Laura Davis Jones, a partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones in Wilmington, Delaware, said at the hearing that the dual committees would "foster division, not compromise," and create an "enhanced footing of one subset of talc claimants."
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