3M Faces $100 Billion in Losses From Veterans’ Earplug Suits, Expert Says August 16, 2022 By Steven Church 3M Co. faces more than $100 billion in losses and bankruptcy because of lawsuits brought by veterans who blame their...
Boy Scouts Ruling Threatens $250 Million Abuse Deal With Mormons August 2, 2022 By Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America may be forced to cut $250 million from its proposal to set up a trust...
Boy Scouts Must Change $2.7 Billion Sex Abuse Fund, Judge Rules August 1, 2022 By Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America must adjust their plan to create the biggest sexual abuse compensation fund in the U.S....
Director of 9/11 Fund Picked to Estimate Cost of J&J Talc Claims July 29, 2022 By Steven Church The lawyer who oversaw payments to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be appointed by a federal judge...
Judge Questions 3M’s Use of Bankruptcy to Fight Veterans’ Suits July 28, 2022 By Steven Church The federal judge administering more than 230,000 lawsuits against 3M Co. questioned whether the industrial giant acted in good faith...
Hertz Makes Settlement Offers to End False Arrest Lawsuits June 27, 2022 By Steven Church and David Welch Hertz Corp. has offered to settle about three dozen cases filed by renters that say they were wrongly arrested for...
Infowars Bankruptcy May Be Abuse of Court System, Justice Department Says April 22, 2022 By Steven Church An arm of the U.S. Justice Department cast doubt on far-right radio host Alex Jones’s use of bankruptcy as three...
Johnson & Johnson Can’t Block Lawsuit Claiming It Lied About Asbestos in Talc April 13, 2022 By Steven Church Johnson & Johnson can’t use its baby powder bankruptcy to prevent a lawsuit that accuses the company of hiding evidence...
Boy Scouts Abuse Settlement Attacked for Preventing Future Lawsuits April 7, 2022 By Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America’s sexual abuse compensation fund should be rejected, a small group of victims say, because the...
Boy Scouts Victims’ Fund Unfair to Insurers, Companies Argue in Court March 30, 2022 By Steven Church The Boy Scouts of America’s sexual abuse compensation fund may force insurers to make payments they can’t negotiate over, even...