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...
J&J’s Victory Over Cancer Victims Clears Path for 3M, Others March 25, 2022 By Jef Feeley and Steven Church A court ruling allowing Johnson & Johnson to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to force cancer victims into potential settlement...
Hertz Customers Who Claim They Were Falsely Arrested Score Win in Court February 14, 2022 By Steven Church Hertz Corp., battling hundreds of customers who say they were falsely arrested for auto theft after renting cars, was ordered...
Judge to Rule in February on Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Bankruptcy Strategy January 18, 2022 By Steven Church Johnson & Johnson should know by the end of next month whether its controversial use of bankruptcy to try to...