Ruling Clears Way for Purdue Pharma to Settle Opioid Claims, Protect Sacklers May 31, 2023 By Geoff Mulvihill A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s settlement of thousands of legal claims over...
3M’s Bid to Shield Itself from Earplug Lawsuits Faces Skeptical Judges April 5, 2023 By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of 3M’s MMM.N bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo...
Hertz to Settle Most False-Arrest Claims for $168 Million December 6, 2022 By Steven Church Hertz Global Holdings Inc. will spend $168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to...
Hertz False-Arrest Claimants Can Sue in State Court, Judge Rules October 11, 2022 By Steven Church More than 60 people who have accused Hertz Corp. of having them wrongly arrested won the right to join a...
Judge Temporarily Blocks 2 State Lawsuits over J&J Talc Marketing October 5, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth and Brendan Pierson A US bankruptcy judge has blocked New Mexico and Mississippi from pursuing lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson of misleading consumers...
FBI Opens Sweeping Probe of Clergy Sex Abuse in New Orleans June 30, 2022 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in...
Proposed Settlement Would Provide $300K to Each Victim of Sex Abuse by Clergy June 30, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurers and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester have agreed on a schedule for discovery and a bankruptcy court trial...
Illinois Supreme: Medical Providers May Not Attach Injured Workers’ Awards in Bankruptcy Court February 8, 2021 By Jim Sams Medical providers cannot use bankruptcy court to collect unpaid bills owed by bankrupt injured workers, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled...
U.S. Pursues Nearly $13 Billion of Claims in Purdue Pharma Opioid Probes-Sources August 5, 2020 By Mike Spector U.S. prosecutors are pursuing possible penalties of nearly $13 billion to resolve investigations of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma after uncovering...
GM Takes Recall Fight to Familiar Turf in Bankruptcy Court May 2, 2014 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co. is bringing its fight against owners of recalled cars to its former turf: the Manhattan bankruptcy court...