On May 30, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order affirming a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan that included nonconsensual third-party claim releases in In Re: ...

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Second Circuit ruling in the Purdue Pharmacy bankruptcy appeal raises the basic question of whether such releases are permitted at all, taking into account the court's conclusion that some limits are ...

Non-consensual third-party releases are provisions in reorganization plans that release non-debtor parties from liability to other non-debtor parties without the consent of all potential claimholders.

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