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New Jersey Law Journal

Ken Feinberg 'Under the Gun' to Evaluate Talc Bankruptcy Claims

Ken Feinberg told a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that he was "under the gun" to complete a report that estimated the total value and volume of cancer claims over Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

2023 Bankruptcy Outlook: Rising Interest Rates Lift All Restructuring Practices

"I haven't seen this volume of assignments since the crash of 2008 and 2009," said White & Case global restructuring head Thomas Lauria.
6 minute read

International Edition

Spate of Year-End Canadian Partner Moves at Gowling WLG, Dentons, and Baker McKenzie

Cross-border and 'future-focused' practice areas are at the heart of the latest round of laterals.
3 minute read

Law.com

Johnson & Johnson Unit Accuses Leading Plaintiffs' Talc Expert of Fraud

In a Dec. 16 complaint, Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management claimed Dr. Jacqueline Moline falsified a 2019 article on which plaintiffs lawyers relied in cases linking mesothelioma to its baby powder.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

No Pay: Lawyers Ordered to Return Fees Received for Representing Indicted Attorney

"If ever there were a case where a reasonable lawyer should question the source of his client's funds, it is these cases,"U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta found.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Is a Recession Coming? 2 Florida Mainstays Proceed With Caution

Leaders at Becker & Poliakoff and Greenspoon Marder have yet to see evidence of a downturn. But they're aware every slump has novel characteristics.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Trustee Sues Over $428,820 in Checks Tom Girardi Wrote to Others, Including Attorneys

In a flurry of lawsuits, the trustee of Tom Girardi's Chapter 7 case alleged the checks, many of which were paid to other lawyers, were written with the 'actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor.'
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Second Circuit Orders Refund of Unconstitutional Quarterly Fee Overpayment

Many practitioners have been speculating as to how courts will address the potential remedy for the unconstitutional U.S. trustee fees imposed against Chapter 11 debtors pending in U.S. trustee districts under the 2017 amendment to 28 U.S.C. Section 1930 (the 2017 amendment).
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

SBF Planned Testimony: Sullivan & Cromwell Pressured Me to File for Chapter 11, Reneged on Promises

In planned congressional testimony published by Forbes, Sam Bankman-Fried alleged that FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller hired Sullivan & Cromwell, his former law firm, to help it earn massive legal fees on the company's bankruptcy.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

FTX Bankruptcy Attorney: 'We Do Not Trust the Bahamian Government'

An attorney representing FTX in its Delaware bankruptcy claimed during a virtual hearing Wednesday there's no reason to give liquidators in the Bahamas total access to FTX's digital assets.
3 minute read

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