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GM Court Denies Relief Sought By Asbestos Claimants for Futures Representative and No Decision on Se
In the GM bankruptcy, Judge Gerber has entered today his order [Docket No. 2857] denying the asbestos claimant’s motion for appointment...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20091 min read
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Efforts to Resolve GM Product Liability Claims Through Negotation with the Obama Administration R
Non litigation alternatives are indeed being pursued in GM to try to settle pending and future product liability claims, as is evidenced...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 27, 20095 min read
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Updated – Reactions to Travelers Manville Asbstos Bankruptcy Opinion
An article here provides a quick comment from Elizabeth Warren and mentions law students who helped Prof. Isacharoff. A Law360 article...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 22, 20091 min read
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Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Sort of – Chinese Drywall and the Chapter 11 filed by Builder WC
Chinese drywall claims are emerging as a would-be class action issues in the WCI Communities chapter 11 case pending in Delaware. Would...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 19, 20093 min read
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Travelers/Manville Asbestos Bankruptcy Opinion – Reaction
I’ve been through the opinion and dissent (here) a couple of times. Travelers won, sort of, and the Second Circuit was reversed, sort...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 18, 20092 min read
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Travelers/Manville Opinion is Out
and available here, but I’ve not yet read the opinion. #AsbestosBankruptcy #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw

Kirk Hartley
Jun 18, 20091 min read
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Chrysler Stay Lifted; Further Attacks to Follow
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...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 9, 20091 min read
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Comments and Briefs Related to the Stay in Chrysler
Akin Gump’s SCOTUS blog provides expert Supreme Court commentary that includes a post explaining why why the stay issued by Justice...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 9, 20093 min read
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Requests for a Stay in Chrysler Reach Supreme Court – Timely Reminders of Why the Travelers/Ma
This weekend, the Supreme Court has received stay motions regarding Chrysler that provide concrete examples of the importance of the...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 7, 20092 min read
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Product Liability Claimants Unhappy with Chrysler and GM Bankruptcies
An article in The Hill reports that product liability claimants are not happy with the developments in the Chrsyler and GM chapter 11...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 3, 20093 min read
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Skinner Asbestos Bankruptcy Rejected As Collusive
The new opinion in Skinner is good news for opponents of the manner in which asbestos bankruptcies are currently conducted. Judge M....

Kirk Hartley
Jun 1, 20092 min read
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UK Update
An article on the BBC and an article on Scotsman.com report that trial has started on the insurance indsutry challenge to Scotland’s...

Kirk Hartley
May 28, 20091 min read
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Article Attacks Congress’ Costly Asbestos Mistake: The Bankruptcy Code Section That Gives Plai
S. Todd Brown of Temple University has written an insightful law review article desribing in detail Congress’ incredibly costly error in...

Kirk Hartley
May 27, 20091 min read
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Response to Question Regarding Whether the Chrysler Bankruptcy Causes a Stay of Underlying Tort Case
A comment/question was posed under yesterday’s post about the asbestos issues bubbling up in the Chrsyler case. The question is whether...

Kirk Hartley
May 14, 20092 min read
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Chrysler’s Asbestos Bankruptcy Issues Are Finally Being Mentioned in Public
Update: Yet another article mentions asbestos and provides some big picture facts and thinking. In states, among other things: “The 60...

Kirk Hartley
May 13, 20092 min read
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Manville/Travelers Issues Takes on Added Importance with Expected Chrysler Chapter 11 Petiiton
The importance of the Manville/Travelers scope of jurisdiction issues will be going up if Chrysler proceeds with the expected Chapter 11...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20091 min read
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Scottish Judge Declines to Stay Plaques Legislation and Provides Preliminary Comments on the Merits
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...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20094 min read
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19 States File Amicus Brief to Oppose Broad Preemptive Orders Issued By Asbestos Bankruptcy Courts &
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...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 8, 20094 min read
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More on Manville/Travelers and Another Asbestos Bankruptcy Appeal – The GIT Case in the Third
The Travelers/Manville case pending before the Supreme Court is only one of the asbestos Chapter 11 cases pending in federal appellate...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 7, 20098 min read
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Link to Transcript from Oral Argument in Travelers/Manville Asbestos Bankruptcy Case
The oral argument transcript is availble here. #AsbestosBankruptcy #AsbestosTrusts #ConstitutionalLawMassTortLaw #MassTortIssues #Asbestos

Kirk Hartley
Mar 30, 20091 min read
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