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Supreme Court Orders Stand Down on Insurance Neutrality Test for Standing

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On June 6, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., et al.,1 nullifying the insurance neutrality test for insurer standing in bankruptcy...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Insurers are Parties in Interest in Bankruptcy Proceedings and Can Object to Reorganization Plans

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Companies faced with numerous mass tort claims, such as asbestos claims, often seek bankruptcy protection. Reorganization plans may include § 524(g) channeling injunctions in which insurance assets are put into a trust to pay...more

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Supreme Court Endorses Broad Insurer Standing in Bankruptcy Reorganizations

The Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of insurance companies in a unanimous decision written by Justice Sotomayor. In short, the United States Supreme Court held today that insurers facing...more

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How Purdue High Court Case Will Shape Ch.11 Mass Injury

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The U.S. Supreme Court closed its last session of the year on Dec. 4 by hearing oral argument in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma LP. The issue to be resolved by the court is the scope of the authority of the bankruptcy court...more

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SCOTUS To Decide Who Gets A Consolidated Group’s Tax Refund When A Bankruptcy Intervenes?

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on December 3, 2019 in Simon E. Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 18-1269 (Sup. Ct.). At dispute in the case is whether a $4.1 million tax refund belongs to a failed...more

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Trademark Licenses . . . Again (Update No. 6)

Our January 22, May 23, June 28, July 13, August 3, September 11 and October 29, 2018 posts discussed the First Circuit’s January 12, 2018 decision in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC and the pending appeal...more

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Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals (Progress Report No. 3)

Our February 22 post reported that the Franchise Services of North America, Inc. decision of Bankruptcy Judge Edward Ellington of the Southern District of Mississippi dismissing a Chapter 11 petition because a shareholder had...more

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