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Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Jones Discusses Asbestos Bankruptcies & the Best Wall Case with the Legal Lens Podcast

Stradling Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring partner Greg Jones recently joined Legal Lens, a Debtwire podcast, for an in-depth discussion on the evolving challenges of asbestos-related bankruptcies—highlighting the...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Will the Acceptance of the Appeal in Purdue Pharma by the U.S. Supreme Court Affect Johnson & Johnson?

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Now that the United States Supreme Court has agreed to expeditiously hear the U.S. Trustee’s appeal of the plan confirmation and settlement in Purdue Pharma, lawyers following the LTL Management LLC bankruptcy case, version...more

Goldberg Segalla

Third Circuit to Consider Validity of J&J’s Use of Bankruptcy to Handle Asbestos Claims

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On September 19, 2022, a panel of three judges for the Third Circuit heard oral argument in In re LTL Management LLC, Case No. 22-2003.  Before the Court is Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) use of Chapter 11 to resolve...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Is Nash Engineering the Latest Company Bankrupted by Asbestos Litigation?

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Pump manufacturer Nash Engineering Company appears to have recently become the latest casualty of asbestos litigation. On October 19, 2021, Nash Engineering filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Third Circuit Addresses the Due Process Rights of Asbestos Claimants

When there are large numbers of substantial individual tort claims against a debtor, potentially involving claimants unknowable to the debtor who themselves may not know they have a claim, the bankruptcy process faces special...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Publication Notice of Claims Bar Date Satisfies Due Process Requirements

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In a recent decision involving the adequacy of publication as a means of notice to creditors, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York reaffirmed the importance of a thorough bar date noticing...more

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