December 14, 2021
Closing in on the voting deadline for its Chapter 11 plan, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday hailed an $800 million settlement for sexual abuse claimants while fending off criticisms that the plan is being rushed and survivors are getting frustrated about mixed messages from attorneys.
December 13, 2021
Chubb Ltd. insurers have reached a deal in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy suit to pay $800 million to a fund for victims of sexual abuse, bringing the total payout to victims to more than $2.7 billion thus far, a court-appointed mediator said in a report Monday.
December 13, 2021
A committee of tort claimants in the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy case that "polluted the voting process" for the debtors' Chapter 11 plan is now "further wasting time and estate resources" by suggesting that sexual abuse claimants be sent more information, the Boy Scouts said Monday.
December 07, 2021
Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey was removed Tuesday as a mediator in the Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11, with a judge in that case citing conflicts created by his also-scuttled proposed appointment as a special reviewer for some post-confirmation settlement trust proceedings.
December 06, 2021
Divisions among three law firms that initially worked together in lining up thousands of alleged sexual abuse victims for claims against the bankrupt Boy Scouts of America broke further into the open Monday in a Delaware court dispute over waivers of attorney-client privilege.
December 02, 2021
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday she would permit an insurer covering the Boy Scouts of America to review historical scouting rosters of one of the organization's local governing bodies after the insurance company said it needed to assess the validity of some sexual abuse claims.
November 29, 2021
A Delaware bankruptcy judge questioned Monday whether she had the authority to order a pair of feuding law firms in the Boy Scouts of America's case to send a joint letter as a proposed fix to an explosive email that stoked fears the vote on a Chapter 11 plan had been tainted.
November 24, 2021
A pair of law firms representing clients with sexual abuse claims in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 case have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to reinstate 4,600 bankruptcy plan ballots canceled because of a mailing error.
November 19, 2021
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP co-founder Richard M. Pachulski stepped in Friday as lead counsel for a key committee in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11, days after accusations that a member of the firm had collaborated on an email sent to thousands of sexual abuse claimants, which a Delaware bankruptcy judge worried could taint voting on the Chapter 11 plan.
November 17, 2021
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday accused a tort committee attorney from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP of actively collaborating on an inflammatory letter to sexual abuse survivors that raised concerns last week from a Delaware bankruptcy judge that a Chapter 11 vote could be tainted.