Mass tort claiming continues to drive numerous chapter 11 cases. The latest addition to the list is Insys filing due to opioid claims. Some of the prior post...

A tobacco company is the latest entity to use bankruptcy to try to limit its obligations for a mass tort. This instance, however, is different because the ba...

January 14, 2019 articles around the web describe PG&E moving to file chapter 11 due to risks and potential liabilities. One of the articles, at the WSJ, des...

What are property interests; how do we know them when we think we see them? That’s a fascinating question that’s been animating due process and takings case ...

It’s been a long time coming, but it appears Takata is now headed for chapter 11 to address the many problems arising from its exploding airbags, as explaine...

Every litigant faces the possibility of trial and appeal. But Wall Street finds that risk annoying. So, bankruptcy courts invented the doctrine of “equitable...

Defendants related to uber-sized Lyondell Chemical are now seeking to use a recent chapter 11 injunction to try to bar claims that benzene caused a blood can...

The Stern related opinions continue from SCOTUS. It will be interesting to see the impact for mass tort bankruptcies. A May 26, 2015 article from LAW360 expl...

Ever had an idiotic business tell you: “Not our fault – the computer did it? ” Say, for example, maybe an irresponsible company such as CapitalOne? A federal...

How about a secret chapter 11 proceeding, to benefit Apple’s penchant for secrecy?  The issues are arising in the context of a chapter 11 filing by a would-b...

Bloomberg has a helpful September 2, 2014 article by Steven Church on the legal and social issues in the Detroit bankruptcy case now heading into trial.

April 30, 2014 news reports say that the US treasury now reports losing $11.2 billion on the GM takeover fiasco, and has written off its “investment” in old ...

Chapter 11 bankruptcy courts never cease to amaze. Until the debtor is out of chapter 11, they claim immense power. Thus, this post from the Weil bankruptcy ...

By itself, the 2009 GM bankruptcy was a poster child for some of the many flaws in chapter 11 and bankruptcy law as used to handle contingent liability claim...

A Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Mont. is now the 11th archdiocese to file for chapter 11 to resolve sex abuses cases. According to a WSJ article, the US ...

A new post at Weil’s Bankruptcy Blog includes commentary from Canadian lawyers on bankruptcy law flexibility when confronted with a mass disaster. In short, ...

The D&O Diary includes a new post that provides a useful overview of the use and abuse of D&O in bankruptcy. #Bankruptcy

D & O Diary includes a useful new summary post on the use and/or abuse of D&O insurance in bankruptcy. #Bankruptcy

For both substance and style (breezy and brief, with some dry wit), it’s hard to beat Weil Gotshal’s Bankruptcy Blog. And, now, a new post at the blog brings...

Asbestos defendants continue to convince state legislatures to create some long overdue intersections between personal in jury claims in te the tort system a...