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Non-consensual releases in Boy Scouts chapter 11 plan survive despite Purdue Pharma ruling

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The Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 Purdue Pharma decision altered the landscape for bankruptcy releases and, in the process, put the resolutions of several other pending mass tort chapter 11 cases in question. A recent...more

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SCOTUS Decides Against Sacklers’ Release in Purdue Pharma

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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. The issue before the Court was whether the Bankruptcy Code permits nondebtors to obtain a release of...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Purdue Pharma: Supreme Court Prohibits Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases; Ruling Will Reshape Bankruptcy Practice

In a landmark 5-4 decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma that will significantly reshape corporate bankruptcy practice, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding the authority of a bankruptcy court to approve...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Not that Kind of Party, Red Flags for Yellow, Purdue Plan Proceeds, Instant Karma?

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Party City Rehashes Restructuring Deal After Missing Financial Projections | Yahoo Finance - Party City has reworked a key deal with their key lenders to restructure their bankruptcy exit plan. Now, lenders will have the...more

White and Williams LLP

District Court Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 Plan and Related Releases of Sackler Family from Opioid Liability Claims

On December 16, 2021, Judge McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (District Court) issued her decision in In re: Purdue Pharma LP, overturning the bankruptcy judge’s confirmation of...more

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District Court Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 Plan and Related Releases of Sackler Family from Opioid Liability Claims

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On December 16, 2021, Judge McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (District Court) issued her decision in In re: Purdue Pharma LP, overturning the bankruptcy judge’s confirmation of...more

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