Boy Scouts of America

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Case Number:

1:20-bk-10343

Court:

Delaware

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  1. August 20, 2024

    Midyear Check-In: Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

    Hundreds more men who were sexually assaulted when they were Boy Scouts have received distributions from the settlement trust that is determining their claims as the pace of payments picks up, the most recent report from the Chapter 11 settlement trust showed.

  2. August 07, 2024

    Boy Scouts Judge Considering Repressed Memory Late Claim

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge said on Wednesday that she needed more time to consider how to handle a claim against the Boy Scouts of America that was filed late by a man who missed the deadline because he said he had repressed his memories of being sexually assaulted as a scout.

  3. July 08, 2024

    Judge Jones To Be Deposed, Giuliani Seeks Ch. 7 Conversion

    The ex-Texas bankruptcy judge whose undisclosed romance with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner sparked an ethics scandal and efforts by the Office of the U.S. Trustee to recoup some $13 million in fees will be deposed; Rudy Giuliani can no longer practice law in New York and asked to convert his personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7; and the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental ruling in Purdue has opened questions about other high profile Chapter 11 plans and the authority of bankruptcy courts.

  4. July 02, 2024

    Purdue Sets Stage For Boy Scouts Equitable Mootness Fight

    After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week in the Purdue Pharma case, the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy plan is back in focus before a federal appeals court, potentially reigniting a heated debate over equitable mootness, a doctrine courts have long used as grounds to avoid reopening and tinkering with already-consummated bankruptcy plans.

  5. March 28, 2024

    Boy Scouts Trustee Appeals To Block $120M Insurer Suit

    The former bankruptcy judge overseeing Boy Scouts of America's $2.4 billion childhood sexual abuse settlement trust has informed Delaware's bankruptcy court she's appealing its decision allowing a former Boy Scout to continue suing Liberty Mutual and other insurers in Missouri to collect a $120 million judgment against his ex-scoutmaster.

  6. March 15, 2024

    Judge Voids Boy Scouts Ch. 11 Ballots For Likely Forgery

    Three Chapter 11 plan ballots that opted for a quicker but smaller settlement payout in the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy should be tossed, a Delaware bankruptcy judge has ruled, finding they were likely forged.

  7. March 12, 2024

    Ex-Boy Scout Can Seek $120M Award From Insurers

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge has ruled that a former Boy Scout can keep suing the organization's insurers to collect a $120 million abuse judgment against his ex-Scoutmaster, even though the court entered an injunction barring similar lawsuits.

  8. March 08, 2024

    Catholic Group Gets $2M Fee Award In Boy Scouts' Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Friday awarded an ad hoc group of Roman Catholic organizations just over $2 million in legal fees and expenses in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 case, saying it had made a substantial contribution to the group's bankruptcy plan.

  9. February 06, 2024

    Boy Scout Victims Can't Redo Box Check Mistake, Court Says

    A group of childhood sexual abuse survivors who say they inadvertently elected for a quicker but smaller claims pay out from the Boy Scouts of America can't reverse their selection, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled, saying the motions to revise their ballots is a request to modify a confirmed Chapter 11 plan.

  10. December 18, 2023

    Boy Scouts Victims Group's Attys Appeal Denial Of $21M Fees

    The ad hoc Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice on Monday continued to pursue its $21 million request for fees in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 case, filing a notice that it was appealing a Delaware bankruptcy judge's decision to nix its fees.