Articles by Dietrich Knauth

Johnson & Johnson Unit Loses Bid to Stay in Bankruptcy During Supreme Court Appeal

A Johnson & Johnson company cannot delay a court order dismissing its bankruptcy, a U.S. court said on Friday, despite the company’s planned Supreme Court appeal to use bankruptcy to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits over its talc products. …

U.S. Military Members Suing 3M Seek Dismissal of Subsidiary’s Bankruptcy

Current and former U.S. military members suing 3M over allegedly defective military earplugs have asked a U.S. judge to dismiss 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies‘ bankruptcy, accusing the company of using bankruptcy to shield itself from litigation, which has grown into …

FTX Reports $415M in Hacked Crypto, Bankman-Fried Says FTX U.S. Is Solvent

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX said in a report to creditors on Tuesday that about $415 million in cryptocurrency had been stolen in hacks. FTX has said it had recovered over $5 billion in crypto, cash and liquid securities, but that …

FTX Customers File Class Action to Lay Claim to Dwindling Assets

FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking a declaration that the company’s holdings of digital assets belong to customers. The lawsuit is the latest …

Court Weighs Novel Issue of Crypto Ownership in Bankruptcy

A U.S. judge this week is considering for the first time the question of who owns bitcoin and other tokens in frozen accounts at a bankrupt digital asset exchange in a case that could shape customer protections in the cryptocurrency …

DOJ Watchdog Seeks Independent Review of FTX Bankruptcy

The U.S. Department of Justice’s bankruptcy watchdog on Thursday called for an independent investigation into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, saying customers need a neutral party to investigate allegations of “fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, misconduct, and mismanagement.” FTX has ousted …

FTX Was Run as ‘Personal Fiefdom,’ Faces Hacks and Missing Assets: Attorneys

FTX was run as a “personal fiefdom” of former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, attorneys for the collapsed crypto exchange said in its first bankruptcy hearing as they detailed ongoing challenges such as hacks and substantial missing assets. In the highest-profile crypto …

Judge Temporarily Blocks Two State Lawsuits Over J&J Talc Marketing

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has blocked New Mexico and Mississippi from pursuing lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson misleading consumers about the safety of its talc products, such as its baby powder, for now. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan in Trenton, …

Cancer Victims Urge Court to End J&J Bankruptcy Roadblock to Lawsuits

People suing Johnson & Johnson over the company’s talc products urged an appeals court on Monday to revive their claims, saying the profitable company should not be allowed to use a bankrupt subsidiary to block lawsuits alleging the products cause …

Sandy Hook Parents Seek to Stop InfoWars Bankruptcy Payments to Alex Jones

Parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre urged a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday not to allow the parent company of far-right website InfoWars to send any money to its founder, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, or …