Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable

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Mass-Tort Trusts and the Faustian Bargain
by Editor
February 3, 2026
By Samir D. Parikh (Wake Forest University – School of Law) and Suneal Bedi (Indiana University – Kelley School of Business) In bankruptcy, establishing a mass‑tort trust is the final piece in structuring resolution of protracted aggregate litigation faced by a corporate debtor. As seen in cases like Purdue Pharma and Boy Scouts of America, the multibillion‑dollar aggregate settlement figure… Read more: Mass-Tort Trusts and the Faustian Bargain

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