March 26, 2026
Three U.S. senators are backing the asbestos claimants of Bestwall in their bid to take their challenge of the Georgia-Pacific spinoff's so-called Texas two-step bankruptcy to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the high court must close a loophole the Fourth Circuit has created that allows nonbankrupt corporations to avoid tort liability.
February 23, 2026
Asbestos claimants of Georgia-Pacific spinoff Bestwall have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their challenge to Bestwall's "Texas two-step" bankruptcy, saying the Fourth Circuit created an "erroneous legal standard that incentivizes forum-shopping" when it allowed Bestwall to stay in Chapter 11 last year.