A claimants committee had petitioned to dismiss the bankruptcy of Bestwall, a Georgia-Pacific subsidiary created through a 'Texas two-step' to resolve 60,000 lawsuits over asbestos exposure. A ...
In a dispute between Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC and a labor union, Constellium argued that an arbitrator’s award against Constellium was contrary to a prior court decision involving ...
The ruling in Minnesota’s climate lawsuit avoids a “circuit split” that oil companies had hoped would spur Supreme Court review. Justices will soon decide whether to dig back in on a jurisdictional ...
If an error is in a credit file and no one is around to see it, does it create standing? No, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, noting a ...
“There is no difference material to the indefiniteness inquiry between a narrowing limitation recited in a dependent claim and the situation here, where the further narrowing limitation is recited in ...
An influential appellate court has agreed to take up a bankruptcy involving the controversial "Texas two-step," potentially deciding the merger tactic's fate in future Chapter 11 cases. On May 31, the ...