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.
By Adolfo Pesquera | February 8, 2023
"This is the mother of all pre-enforcement actions, is it not? We're almost close to the taxpayer suit challenging whatever Congress does that the taxpayer doesn't like," Judge Cory T. Wilson said.
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 Brad Kutner | January 23, 2023
Concerns about the posture of the disputes may preclude a grant of cert from the high court, according to legal experts.
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 Adolfo Pesquera | January 9, 2023
"Today's ruling usurps Congress's power to define what conduct is subject to criminal sanction and creates grave ambiguity about the scope of federal criminal law," Judge Stephen A. Higginson wrote in his dissent.
By Brad Kutner | January 5, 2023
Federal lawyers feared how granting standing to the plaintiff states or borrowers could impact future litigation against the government.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 30, 2022
In dismissing the lawsuit earlier this year, U.S. District Judge John Kness highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in a challenge to Texas' six-week abortion ban.
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By Avalon Zoppo | December 22, 2022
"There will be an uptick in filings in our court of appeals but ... we think the court of appeals will be able to accommodate the uptick," one judge said of the North Carolina state judiciary's projected increase in incoming appeals next year.
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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