Kirk HartleyAug 7, 20151 minFinally, Equitable Mootness May Be Dead, At Least in the Third Circuit?Hurray, equitable mootness appears to be dead, at least in the 3rd Circuit. What is it? In short form, it’s a (nonsensical) rationale for...
Kirk HartleyJun 20, 20141 minGM To Waive At Least Some Theoretic Bankruptcy Defense to Claims Arising from Ignition Switch DefectAre bankruptcy court injunctions enforceable when they cut off personal injury claims and related rights of co-defendants without meaning...
Kirk HartleyMay 19, 20141 minWill The Lawyers Be Hit for GM’s Failures on its Switch Problem?The NYT ran a weekend article suggesting GM’s lawyers are “a focus” of the ongoing internal investigation by Anton Valukas regarding GM’s...
Kirk HartleyMay 13, 20141 minA New Twist for GM – Litigants Seeking to Undo Prior Settlements Based on Alleged Fraudulent CGM now faces a new twist in its ongoing problems arising from the switch fiasco. The twist is a new lawsuit seeking to undo a prior settl...
Kirk HartleyMay 9, 20142 minSome Overview Information for the General Motors Asbestos TrustGM has been in the news of late as to the implications of its 2009 bankruptcy for the switch recall litigation. So, a brief overview of ...
Kirk HartleyApr 30, 20142 minUpdate on the Federal Loss on GM – and Relevance to the GM Switch IssuesApril 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 ...
Kirk HartleyOct 11, 20091 minTranscript of June 25 GM Hearing on Withdrawal of Request for Asbestos Futures RepresentativeAs a result of bugging the clerk’s office and the court reporter’s office, the transparency-blocking 90 day veil has now been lifted f...
Kirk HartleyJul 8, 20091 minGM – Denial of Stay of Asset Sale and Denial of 2d Circuit Direct Appeal – “EquitaIn GM, Judge Gerber denied a stay of the asset sale and denied a direct appeal to the 2d Circuit; the order is here (Docket No. 3046). Ba...
Kirk HartleyJul 7, 20091 minSome Bondholders Give Up in GMAn AmLaw blog article here reports some GM bondholders are not appealing because they lack funds to fight after Judge Gerber refused to a...
Kirk HartleyJul 7, 20094 minAsbestos Claimants Appeal in GM and Seek Appeal to the Second Circuit, as Do Individual Accident VicThe Ad Hoc Committee of Asbestos Claimants notice of appeal in GM is here but says only that an appeal is taken (Docket No. 2988). The ap...
Kirk HartleyJul 6, 20091 minGM Asset Sale Plan Approved by Judge Gerber; Some Individual Car Crash Victims Already Have AppealedThe General Motors chapter 11 asset sale was approved on Sunday night in an opinion that is 50 pages, plus appendices. The opinion is her...
Kirk HartleyJul 2, 20094 minGM Hearings Update – Asbestos Plaintiff’s Lawyers Argue and Lose But No Timely or Free TYesterday, representatives of the asbestos plaintiff’s bar argued in opposition to the terms of GM’s proposed asset sale, as briefly desc...
Kirk HartleyJul 1, 20091 minGM Court Denies Relief Sought By Asbestos Claimants for Futures Representative and No Decision on SeIn the GM bankruptcy, Judge Gerber has entered today his order [Docket No. 2857] denying the asbestos claimant’s motion for appointment o...
Kirk HartleyJun 28, 20091 minGM Agrees to Assume Future Product Liability Claims and Asbestos Plaintiffs File Deposition Notices The Wall Street Journal for June 29 is reporting that GM agreed to assume the financial burden of future product liability claims. The ar...
Kirk HartleyJun 14, 20093 minIn GM, Asbestos Claimants Request Appointment of a Futures Representative est Request forThe Ad Hoc Committee seeking to represent the interests of asbestos claimants in GM filed a motion [Docket 478] requesting appointment of...
Kirk HartleyJun 1, 20091 minGM Bankruptcy Underway and the Asbestos Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Already Have Appeared in ForceThe free version of the GM docket is located here. The case is assigned to Judge Gerber, who has been handling the Thompson-Hayward asbes...
