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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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Moot Court, Working on my Fitness, and Dealer's Choice

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US court reluctant to blow up Boy Scouts’ $2.46 billion sex abuse settlement | Reuters - On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia considered whether to overturn the Boy Scouts...more

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Supreme Court Okey-Doke, LME Double Dip, Audacy Tuning Out, and PO Boxing Match

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US Supreme Court Lets $2.46 Billion Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement Proceed | Reuters - On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court permitted the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion settlement with sexual abuse victims to...more

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Three’s Company, Express Elevator (Down), and Please Stay

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Genetic test maker Invitae files for bankruptcy protection in US | Reuters - On Tuesday, Invitae, the San Francisco-based genetic test maker, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court...more

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Union Jacked, Founders Keepers, Cold Comfort, and Little Appeal

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union files for bankruptcy | Reuters - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to fend off long standing litigation...more

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Arrested Development, Liquid Diet, Cardinal Sin, and Moot Court

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First Evergrande, now Sunac. Another big Chinese developer files for US bankruptcy protection | CNN Business - Sunac, a leading Chinese property developer, is the second giant Chinese developer in weeks, following...more

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For the vulnerable and injured, more proof that civil lawsuits provide key way to obtain justice

No matter what the carping critics may claim about the shortcomings of the civil justice system, when Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, and big organizations exploit and harm the vulnerable, lawsuits and what follows may provide a...more

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