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WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge on Sept. 18 gave Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. and affiliates more time to propose a plan of reorganization after the debtors had argued that cutting short their exclusive right to file...

WILMINGTON, Del. - An insurer of an affiliate of Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. will pay more than $2.4 million to settle claims by the debtor for a share of the costs to defend against asbestos personal injury suits, with a Delaware federal...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina federal bankruptcy judge on Sept. 16 approved a settlement under which the United States will have more than $4 million in allowed claims in the joint Chapter 11 case of Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. and Hanson Permanente Cement...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. and affiliates need more time to propose a plan of reorganization, and cutting short their exclusive right to file a plan would "certainly undermine the Debtors' efforts to successfully...

NEW YORK - A dispute between the battling Thorpe Insulation and Johns-Manville asbestos trusts over indemnification for the payment of claims is ripe for interlocutory review because a bankruptcy court's interpretation of trust documents presents...

PHILADELPHIA - The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 16 affirmed the denial of a request by Ford Motor Co. and Honeywell International Inc. to have "full access" to claimants' information from nine asbestos bankruptcy trusts data...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Those holding claims other than asbestos talc claims against Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. have until Oct. 15 to file proofs of claim after a Delaware federal bankruptcy judge on July 25 approved a request by the company...

WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware federal bankruptcy court judge on July 24 denied a motion by four cities and counties to create an official committee of public entities in the Insys Therapeutics Inc. Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In Re: Insys Therapeutics...

WILMINGTON, Del. - There is no federal jurisdiction to transfer 2,400 state court talc and asbestos actions against Johnson & Johnson to Delaware federal court based on the Chapter 11 filing of its main talc supplier, Imerys Talc America Inc., and...

TRENTON, N.J. - The plan of reorganization for Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Duro Dyne National Corp. is in the hands of a New Jersey federal court after a bankruptcy judge on July 16 sent the district court proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law...

TACOMA, Wash. - An insurer of Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Fraser's Boiler Service Inc. on July 17 appealed to federal district court a bankruptcy court's denial of its bid to vacate a stipulated order it entered into with the debtor's settling...

SEATTLE - A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 17 upheld a federal judge in Idaho's ruling that American Smelting and Refining Co. (ASARCO) could not seek contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Excess insurers of Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. will have to wait for the outcome of an adversary proceeding in Delaware federal bankruptcy court to find out what coverage is available for asbestos claims under policies...

TACOMA, Wash. - A group of insurers of Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Fraser's Boiler Service Inc. who are awaiting a decision from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on whether their settlement with the debtor is valid on June 19 objected to a bid...

TRENTON, N.J. - The newly revised plan of reorganization for Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Duro Dyne National Corp. still cannot be confirmed because the company failed to modify the plan as a New Jersey federal bankruptcy judge directed, the U.S. trustee...