By Amanda Bronstad | March 1, 2023
More than 235,000 plaintiffs allege 3M's combat earplugs caused hearing loss or ringing of the ears, but newly released records for 175,000 of them suggest the "vast majority" of U.S. military service members making those claims have normal hearing.
By Majed Nachawati and Michael Gorwitz | February 22, 2023
Unfortunately, Johnson & Johnson is not the only financially stable corporation to attempt to use bankruptcy system to evade liability rather than as a good faith attempt to place itself back on sound financial footing.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Dan Roe | February 10, 2023
Jones Day partner Gregory Gordon employed the tactic in four large Chapter 11s prior to a late January ruling against Johnson & Johnson affiliate LTL Management.
By Ellen Bardash | February 9, 2023
Ted Boutrous of Gibson Dunn said there's room for the court to find the plan wasn't in good faith because it doesn't clearly lay out procedures to find which of the more than 82,000 sexual abuse claims set to be paid out by a trust are fraudulent.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | February 6, 2023
If U.S. District Judge John T. Dorsey sides with the U.S. Trustee on its motion to hire an independent examiner, it could increase the total cost of the crypto platform's Chapter 11 case in the District of Delaware by tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Francis J. Lawall and Brenden Dahrouge | February 2, 2023
On Jan. 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently provided some additional color to the abstention issue by ruling that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas lacked jurisdiction to decide an exclusively state-governed question related to emergency energy price controls.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2023
Plaintiffs lawyers prepped for talc trials soon after Monday's decision by the Third Circuit dismissing the J&J bankruptcy, but they might have to wait a bit longer.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 27, 2023
The related cases are In re: Watson Grinding & Manufacturing Co. and In re: Watson Valve Services Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 19, 2023
A federal judge in the multidistrict litigation scrapped mediation talks this week, while, in bankruptcy court, 16 plaintiffs firms opposed a request for more time to come up with a Chapter 11 reorganization plan.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 21, 2022
Laws regulating social media sites and anti-SLAPP statutes are among the issues to keep on eye next year.
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