Purdue Pharma bankruptcy

Against Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy by Another Name

Editor's Note: As the Supreme Court considers the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma and whether the nonconsensual nondebtor releases …

By Jason Jia-Xi Wu (Harvard Law School '23) Bankruptcy has become the endgame of mass tort litigation. Increasingly, …

Editor's Note: On December 4, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy …

By Professors Ralph Brubaker (University of Illinois College of Law), Anthony Casey (University of Chicago Law School), and …

By Jonathan C. Lipson (Temple University-Beasley School of Law) Note: This is the second in a series of posts on the Texas Two …

By Melissa B. Jacoby (Graham Kenan Professor of Law - University of North Carolina School of Law) After a district court halted …

By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Financially distressed companies often seek refuge in federal bankruptcy …

By Lindsey Simon (University of Georgia School of Law) The recent decision in In re Purdue Pharma did not uphold the third-party …

By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School; Fulbright Schuman Scholar; Bloomberg Law; Fulbright Commission) Modern mass …

By Samir D. Parikh (Lewis & Clark Law School) Mass torts create a unique scale of harm and liabilities. Corporate …

By Jonathan C. Lipson (Temple University Beasley School of Law), Adam J. Levitin (Georgetown Law Center), Stephen J. Lubben (Seton …