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Texas two-step proponents, like Johnson & Johnson and its lawyers, have argued that Texas two-steps are not inherently bad-faith, and that in the context of mass-tort litigation bankruptcy is fairest way to address large numbers of personal injury claims. Unlike in traditional courts hearing cases brought by many different people, bankruptcies ...
The "Texas two-step" strategy takes advantage of state laws that allow for the transfer of liabilities through a so-called divisive merger, which is a way to separate a company's operations into ...
J&J’s Red River Talc unit made its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. J&J faces lawsuits from more than 62,000 claimants who alleged that its baby powder and ...
“The trend is against using the Texas two-step,” said former bankruptcy judge and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law professor Bruce Markell. Johnson & Johnson's baby powder on a ...
The precinct conventions immediately followed the primary, a process in 2008 that was advertised as the "Texas Two-Step". [16] Senator Royce West is chair of the Advisory Committee on the Texas Democratic Party Convention/Caucus System, which is charged with investigating the caucus system, including whether to retain the Texas Two Step. [17]
The lawsuits are against energy companies, insurance companies, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state's grid manager. [7] Those lawsuits are consolidated in multidistrict litigation in Harris County, Texas, court. [8]
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In 2004, TiVo Inc. sued the consortium of companies known as EchoStar Corp. (EchoStar Communications Corporation, EchoStar DBS Corporation, EchoStar Technologies Corporation, Echosphere Limited Liability Company, and EchoStar Satellite LLC, and Dish Network Corporation) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging they infringed various claims of the ...