July 02, 2024
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.
December 15, 2023
A panel of the Third Circuit won't toss appeals challenging the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan as moot, it said in an order, adding that it plans to consider the merits of the cases.
April 19, 2023
The Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan went into effect Wednesday after the Third Circuit denied motions from dissenting groups of insurance providers and sexual abuse claimants to stay the plan pending their appeals.