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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
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • All AGs Settle with Purdue Pharma over Opioid-Related...more
On May 13, 2025, the Third Circuit issued a high-stakes opinion in In re Boy Scouts of America, affirming the confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan that includes nonconsensual, nondebtor third-party releases—despite the U.S....more
Publishers Clearing House files for bankruptcy | Law360 - Publishers Clearing House filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to reorganize its capital structure and improve its long-term growth trajectory....more
In Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., the Supreme Court held that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize a bankruptcy court to grant a release and injunction that extinguishes direct claims against nondebtor third parties...more
Pfizer Settles Its Subsidiary’s Kickback Allegations for Nearly $60 Million - Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay over $59,746,277 to resolve allegations that its wholly owned subsidiary, Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company...more
New York AG Letitia James, along with a bipartisan coalition of 15 other state AGs and additional parties, has reached a settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, Inc., to resolve...more
Spirit Airlines continues 'constructive talks' with creditors | Reuters - On Tuesday, ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines announced it’s in constructive talks with its creditors and will continue to seek strategic...more
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
J&J talc opponents decry bankruptcy as "deja vu all over again" | Reuters - Johnson & Johnson's latest bankruptcy attempt faced immediate opposition from cancer victims' attorneys. They argued that the bankruptcy was a...more
Purdue Pharma secures litigation ceasefire after US Supreme Court ruling | Reuters - On Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane granted Purdue Pharma court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against the Sackler...more
Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement, Threatening Billions Of Dollars For Victims | NBC News - On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected the nonconsensual non-debtor releases in the Purdue Pharma plan,...more
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
US Supreme Court torn over Purdue bankruptcy suit| Reuters - On Monday, U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with whether to affirm OxyContin producer Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan. S&K Take: Really couldn’t lead...more
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
Below is our initial take on recent bankruptcy-related developments: This week Mallinckrodt said that they expect to file for their second bankruptcy in the coming days after coming to an agreement with its creditors to...more
BlockFi’s Chapter 11 plan progresses with conditional court approval | Cointelegraph - United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey recently conditionally approved Blockfi’s disclosure statement. If the...more
The Department of Justice announced in a February 1, 2022 press release (Press Release) that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims in the fiscal year...more
Just as attorneys generals for more than a dozen states inch toward a multibillion-dollar settlement with a drug maker faulted for its big role in the start of the opioid abuse and drug overdose crisis, that health menace is...more
While too many of us get overdosed with clownish depictions - from doctors, hospitals, insurers, and corporations, especially Big Pharma firms - of how the civil justice system operates, it’s always worth a reminder of the...more
DUTY TO THIRD PARTIES: FOCUS ON FORESEEABILITY - Foreseeability is the foundation of duty in many states, and Minnesota is no different. With a series of cases starting in 2017, the Minnesota Supreme Court has made a...more
Over the last two months, McKinsey & Company — one of the world’s largest consulting firms — resolved matters with all 56 state attorneys general regarding investigations into its role in providing marketing and consulting...more
Opioid litigation is a hot topic in the U.S. legal community. In response to the country’s opioid crisis, several states, individuals, and other local governments have filed lawsuits against various prescription opioid...more
Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more