March 28, 2023Today, the District Court affirmed the Bankruptcy Court. This represents a major step towards establishing the Settlement Trust and processing the claims of victims of BSA abuse. In Bankruptcy Court terms, the processing of claims can begin when the Plan...
Read More February 17, 2023On February 17, 2023, the hearing before District Court Judge Richard Andrews concluded. You can read the transcripts of the hearing here and here. Judge Andrews was very well educated about the Plan and asked very detailed and informed questions....
Read More February 11, 2022The Official Tort Claimants Committee (TCC) in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) now urges all BSA Abuse Survivors to vote to ACCEPT the BSA’s Revised Plan. Following weeks of mediation after the voting deadline...
Read More February 11, 2022Christopher Hurley and Evan Smola of Chicago’s Hurley McKenna & Mertz, working in conjunction with the Tort Claimants’ Committee (“TCC”) in the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy proceeding, has negotiated important modifications to the BSA’s plan of reorganization that will...
Read More October 12, 2021Detective Michael Johnson, the former Youth Protection Director of the Boy Scouts of America, has come forward to urge Congress to open an investigation and hold which will lead to greater oversight of the Scouts BSA Congressional Charter. In a...
Read More September 23, 2021Hurley McKenna & Mertz represents nearly 4,500 victims of Boy Scout abuse, including one victim that is a member of the Tort Claimants Committee. Nearly 40,000 organizations–including major religious organizations such as the Church of Jesus Christ, and Catholic, Presbyterian,...
Read More July 14, 2020Editor’s note: The deadline to file a claim against the Boy Scouts of America has passed. However, you can follow the latest news on the BSA bankruptcy filing here. Between 2017 and 2019, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) paid more...
Read More October 12, 2002Detective Michael Johnson, the former Youth Protection Director of the Boy Scouts of America, has come forward to urge Congress to open an investigation and hold hearings which will lead to greater oversight of the Scouts BSA Congressional Charter. In...
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