By Amanda Bronstad | August 23, 2022
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Tort Reform Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Product Liability Advisory Council and the Washington Legal Foundation filed amicus briefs on Monday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit backing the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By William Hamilton | August 23, 2022
There is a name for 3M's recent litigation strategy: forum shopping. The law disfavors forum shopping, and the courts—in bankruptcy or otherwise—should do nothing to encourage it.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | August 22, 2022
The pharma company's petition raises questions as to who will lead the defense team in the matter, which has already been criticized as progressing at a slow pace.
By Jason Grant | August 19, 2022
The trustee of a daughter's bankruptcy estate on Tuesday was denied a motion to reinstate a fraud claim against the daughter's mother by a state appeals court that said the fraud claim had already been "adjudicated," even the lower court never decided that specific claim on the merits.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 17, 2022
Opioid drug manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals filed a Chapter 11 petition late Tuesday, agreeing to provide $450 million to state and local governments.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger | August 17, 2022
In this edition of his Bankruptcy Update, Edward E. Neiger focuses on Voyager Digital and Celsius Network bankruptcy filings amid a new wave of cryptocurrency-related restructurings.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2022
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, invoking the All Writs Act on Tuesday, ordered 3M not to challenge her rulings in bankruptcy court, where its subsidiary filed a Chapter 11 case last month citing a multidistrict litigation proceeding "broken beyond repair."
By Dan Roe | August 16, 2022
In spite of recessionary headwinds, co-managing director Gerry Greenspoon and deputy managing partner Rebecca Faith Bratter are forecasting a record year for the Am Law 200 firm.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 15, 2022
Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones opens an office in Houston with three bankruptcy lawyers from Houston's Snow Green.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 15, 2022
Monday's hearing before Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham in Indianapolis focused on whether to grant a preliminary injunction halting combat earplug lawsuits against 3M, whose subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, filed for Chapter 11 on July 26. The hearing is expected to last through Tuesday.
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