Boy Scouts of America

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Case Number:

1:20-bk-10343

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Delaware

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May 14, 2025
Why Boy Scout Releases Were OK Despite Failing Purdue Test

The Third Circuit's rejection of challenges to third-party releases in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan may appear at odds with the U.S. Supreme Court's Purdue decision last year, but the panel said the already enacted plan can't be undone even if it couldn't pass muster today, experts told Law360.
May 13, 2025
3rd Circ. Upholds Most Of Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Plan

The Third Circuit upheld the bulk of the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan to deal with thousands of childhood sex abuse claims, but agreed Tuesday with one objecting insurer that its rights were impermissibly altered under the plan.
May 09, 2025
Del. Judge Allows Late Survivor Claim In Boy Scouts Ch. 11

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has ruled a former Boy Scout's claim of repressed memories of sexual abuse is a valid reason for missing a deadline to apply for damages from the trust established in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 case.
March 27, 2025
Boy Scouts Claimants Lose Appeal To Fix Ch. 11 Opt-In Error

A Delaware federal judge has upheld a bankruptcy court order that childhood sexual abuse survivors who accidentally opted in for a quicker, smaller payment over their claims could not undo that mistake in the Boy Scouts' Chapter 11.
November 12, 2024
3rd Circ. Weighs Boy Scouts Ch. 11, Calif. AG Balks At Fee Bid

The Third Circuit heard arguments on Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan from sexual abuse survivors as well as insurers, California's attorney general disputed Sullivan & Cromwell's fee requests in Kidde-Fenwal Inc.'s bankruptcy, and the U.S. trustee is seeking documents from Jackson Walker LLP regarding a former attorney's secret relationship with a bankruptcy judge. This is the week in bankruptcy.
November 07, 2024
Boy Scouts Judge OKs Incarcerated Survivor's Late Claim

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday she will allow a Boy Scouts sexual abuse survivor, who missed a claims bar cutoff and a deadline to apply to a trust set up for abuse claimants, to file a late claim in the Boy Scouts' Chapter 11 case because he had limited access to information at the prison where he's serving an 18-year sentence.
November 06, 2024
3rd Circ. Mulls Mootness In Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Plan Appeals

Questions over whether equitable and statutory mootness foreclose challenges to the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy took center stage Wednesday during arguments before the Third Circuit, with the judges and parties involved noting the impact that changing the Chapter 11 plan that's already in effect could have on thousands of sexual abuse survivors.
October 17, 2024
Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Runs Up $295M Professional Fee Bill In Q3

Boy Scouts of America has filed a post-confirmation report in its Chapter 11 case, reporting it has incurred $295 million in professional fees in the third quarter ending Sept. 30.
August 28, 2024
Boy Scout Abuse Trust Art Sales To Start In November

An auction house announced Wednesday that parts of the Boy Scouts of America's former art collection, including a number of Norman Rockwell pieces, will go on the auction block in November to pay for claims by sexual abuse survivors.
August 20, 2024
Midyear Check-In: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

Hundreds more men who were sexually assaulted when they were Boy Scouts have received distributions from the settlement trust that is determining their claims as the pace of payments picks up, the most recent report from the Chapter 11 settlement trust showed.

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