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• April 16, 2026

  Village Roadshow Ch. 11 Plan Greenlighted After WB Deal

  Village Roadshow, the film production company behind "The Matrix" and "Ocean's Eleven," won confirmation of its disclosure statement and liquidation plan Thursday after striking a deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment and clearing other objections to smooth its path toward the exits.

• April 16, 2026

  6th Circ. Asks Retirees To Answer Mortality Data Suit Redo Bid

  The Sixth Circuit on Thursday asked participants in Kellogg and FedEx pension plans to respond to the companies' bids for reconsideration of the court's decision to revive their lawsuits alleging benefits were miscalculated because the plans used outdated mortality data.

• April 16, 2026

  Delivery Co. Says Claim Errors Raised Auto Policy By $500K

  An Amazon delivery service provider told a Connecticut state court that two claims management services administrators inaccurately reported the provider was at fault for a collision that resulted in a $200,000 payout, causing its auto policy premiums to increase by more than $500,000 a year.

• April 16, 2026

  4th Circ. Seeks Genworth's Take On 401(k) Suit Rehearing Bid

  The Fourth Circuit on Thursday sought Genworth Financial Inc.'s response to employee 401(k) participants who asked the court to rethink nixing class certification in their lawsuit alleging their retirement savings were bogged down by underperforming BlackRock Inc. target date funds.

• April 16, 2026

  Conn. Justices Nix Asbestos Widow's 'Double Recovery' Bid

  A town and a state agency are entitled to a lien on private asbestos litigation settlements in cases of combined work and home exposures, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday, blocking a widow from obtaining through lawsuits and worker compensation claims what one justice dubbed a possible "double recovery."

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