In the GM bankruptcy, Judge Gerber has entered today his order [Docket No. 2857] denying the asbestos claimant’s motion for appointment...

Non litigation alternatives are indeed being pursued in GM to try to settle pending and future product liability claims, as is evidenced...

An article here provides a quick comment from Elizabeth Warren and mentions law students who helped Prof. Isacharoff. A Law360 article...

Chinese drywall claims are emerging as a would-be class action issues in the WCI Communities chapter 11 case pending in Delaware. Would...

I’ve been through the opinion and dissent (here) a couple of times. Travelers won, sort of, and the Second Circuit was reversed, sort...

and available here, but I’ve not yet read the opinion. #AsbestosBankruptcy #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw

The stay was lifted in a two page order available here. The experts at Scotus blog offered some interesting views on how much this order...

Akin Gump’s SCOTUS blog provides expert Supreme Court commentary that includes a post explaining why why the stay issued by Justice...

This weekend, the Supreme Court has received stay motions regarding Chrysler that provide concrete examples of the importance of the...

An article in The Hill reports that product liability claimants are not happy with the developments in the Chrsyler and GM chapter 11...

The new opinion in Skinner is good news for opponents of the manner in which asbestos bankruptcies are currently conducted. Judge M....

An article on the BBC and an article on Scotsman.com report that trial has started on the insurance indsutry challenge to Scotland’s...

S. Todd Brown of Temple University has written an insightful law review article desribing in detail Congress’ incredibly costly error in...

A comment/question was posed under yesterday’s post about the asbestos issues bubbling up in the Chrsyler case. The question is whether...

Update: Yet another article mentions asbestos and provides some big picture facts and thinking. In states, among other things: “The 60...

The importance of the Manville/Travelers scope of jurisdiction issues will be going up if Chrysler proceeds with the expected Chapter 11...

Here is the link to the full text of the first ruling in the insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration to invalidate to the Scottish...

This post follows up on the amicus brief mentioned in yesterday’s post regarding the GIT asbestos chapter 11 case that is set for oral...

The Travelers/Manville case pending before the Supreme Court is only one of the asbestos Chapter 11 cases pending in federal appellate...

The oral argument transcript is availble here. #AsbestosBankruptcy #AsbestosTrusts #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw #MassTortIssues #Asbestos