The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
This website provides general coverage of the priest sex abuse issues. This page provides specific and links to the 9 church groups that have filed for chapter 11 because of the tort claims. Most are moving towards a private trust model to resolve claims.
Trust fund settlements are a growing part of the litigation industry. How well they work is another issue. Public interest groups in Arizona say that a mortgage-fraud trust fund settlement is being ab
The BP fund has brought tort resolution trusts far more into the public eye. This new article from David Bario at the NLJ highlights some of the issues involved in creating an interesection between tr
Continuing the trend to resolve tort claims with trusts, Foley Hoag’s CSR blog has the story on a Pfizer’s new use of an existing private trust to resolve tort claims. The newly added claims arise f