February 18, 2022
The Boy Scouts of America told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday that the organization had reached a $2 million deal with Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP to settle accusations a member of the law firm was involved in an inflammatory email to sexual abuse victims.
February 11, 2022
Confirmation of the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan will start two weeks later than originally scheduled after several insurers, chartered organizations and the U.S. Trustee's Office demanded more information on a new deal that won support of sexual abuse survivors.
February 10, 2022
The mediator appointed to facilitate negotiations among the bankrupt Boy Scouts of America, its insurers and sex abuse claimants announced a deal among the parties early Thursday that will result in critical support for the $2.7 billion Chapter 11 plan trust from groups representing most of the abuse survivors.
February 08, 2022
Significant participants in the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy case in Delaware have objected to its proposed Chapter 11 plan, with the U.S. Trustee's Office and groups of sex abuse claimants saying the plan's third-party releases render it unconfirmable.
February 07, 2022
The Girl Scouts of America has told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan is fatally unfair, saying it's facing at least a 30% haircut on its trademark claims against the Boy Scouts when similar creditors would get paid in full.
February 03, 2022
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday rejected a number of discovery requests by and aimed at a committee of Roman Catholic organizations involved in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 case, while saying questions remain about whom the group represents.
February 01, 2022
The Boy Scouts of America, its insurers and an ad hoc committee of Roman Catholic organizations faced off Tuesday before a Delaware bankruptcy judge on both discovery issues and who the committee is supposed to represent.
January 25, 2022
The Boy Scouts of America are again accusing sexual abuse claimant attorney Timothy Kosnoff of misconduct, claiming he was live-tweeting a deposition in the organization's Chapter 11 case in violation of a Delaware bankruptcy court judge's order.
January 24, 2022
Insurers of the bankrupt Boy Scouts of America can move forward this week with depositions of claimant attorneys about the genesis of thousands of attorney-signed proofs of claim after a Delaware bankruptcy judge said Monday she would have to deal with privilege issues case by case.
January 11, 2022
The Boy Scouts of America blasted a report saying there's not enough support from sex abuse claimants to approve a $2.7 billion bankruptcy and compensation plan, arguing Tuesday that the victims' representatives are disregarding their fiduciary duty by advocating against the majority of the class.