February 03, 2022
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'Serious Constitutional Issues': 16 Law Professors Support Dismissal of Talc Bankruptcy | New Jersey Law Journal - Law.com

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  • The law professors include UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and J. Maria Glover, of Georgetown Law.
  • The amicus briefs come ahead of a Feb. 14 hearing on whether to dismiss the Chapter 11 case of LTL Management.
  • Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management questioned the impartiality of the law professors, some of whom had ties to the claimants' committee.

Sixteen law professors, including University of California Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and J. Maria Glover of Georgetown University Law Center, have filed amicus briefs supporting dismissal of a controversial bankruptcy case involving thousands of talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan, who is overseeing the Chapter 11 case in New Jersey, granted motions to file the three amicus briefs at a hearing Thursday. The law professors, who collectively specialize in bankruptcy and constitutional law, as well as complex litigation, all insisted that the case should be dismissed.

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source: https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2022/02/03/serious-constitutional-issues-16-law-professors-support-dismissal-of-talc-bankruptcy/

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