July 08, 2024
The ex-Texas bankruptcy judge whose undisclosed romance with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner sparked an ethics scandal and efforts by the Office of the U.S. Trustee to recoup some $13 million in fees will be deposed; Rudy Giuliani can no longer practice law in New York and asked to convert his personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7; and the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental ruling in Purdue has opened questions about other high profile Chapter 11 plans and the authority of bankruptcy courts.
July 02, 2024
After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week in the Purdue Pharma case, the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy plan is back in focus before a federal appeals court, potentially reigniting a heated debate over equitable mootness, a doctrine courts have long used as grounds to avoid reopening and tinkering with already-consummated bankruptcy plans.
December 15, 2023
A panel of the Third Circuit won't toss appeals challenging the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan as moot, it said in an order, adding that it plans to consider the merits of the cases.
April 19, 2023
The Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan went into effect Wednesday after the Third Circuit denied motions from dissenting groups of insurance providers and sexual abuse claimants to stay the plan pending their appeals.