A newly entered order in the Bestwall/Georgia Pacific chapter 11 case provides a ruling on some aspects of an estimation process to value...

The NRA's chapter 11 filing last week has possible implications for mass torts, public policy and chapter 11 law. Why? Because the NRA is...

These are interesting times with respect to corporate transactions related to alleged or actual fraudulent conveyances, whether arising...

For first of its kind new data related to the growing number of lawsuits involving young people with mesothelioma, please join next...

It is good to see bankruptcy courts authorizing more investigations into chapter 11 backstories. Here, under investigation, a hedge fund...

Interesting times ahead as Imerys filed a chapter 11 petition in an effort to try to manage the mesothelioma and ovarian cancer claims...

After months of procedural wrangling and negotiations about settlement, the asbestos plaintiff’s bar has now attacked the...

To try to foster a settlement deal, an agreed order has been filed asking for the Bestwall’s court’s approval of a deal to allow...

It seems to be a week for articles highlighting the more tawdry side of the plaintiff side in mass torts. In this instance, a new Forbes...

What are property interests; how do we know them when we think we see them? That’s a fascinating question that’s been animating due...

Some circuit courts had issued fairly hard to fathom opinions immunizing some corporate  transactions from fraudulent conveyance claims...

The Bestwall chapter 11 case has a non-pacer web site that can be used to track the case. It is: https://www.donlinrecano.com/Clients/bw/...

It’s interesting to watch the missiles and counter-missiles used by “repeat players” in “mass tort” litigation. A prime example arose in...

From the Manville bankruptcy circa 2002,  some interesting briefs from lawyers representing persons with cancer. In general terms, the...

In the good old days, there was more asbestos trust transparency as to overall statistics for the Manville Trust. One reason for the...

Due process in bankruptcy has been rebooted to some degree. How? Through SCOTUS’ April 24, 2017 denial of GM’s cert petition from the...

2017 brought many new events, including various changes for claim administration for the “evergreen” Narco asbestos trust, with some new...

As previously predicted by yours truly and other members of a multidisciplinary team, asbestos losses continue to rise for insurance...

The Canadian government announced on Thursday its plan to move forward to ban future uses of asbestos, and to more tightly regulate the...

The Johns-Manville chapter 11. A debacle of expediency and short-term thinking from 1992-1998, and then later “do overs.” In one of its...