Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Partner Philip Bentley speaks at the Asbestos Bankruptcy Conference, featuring a Judicial Roundtable on Bankruptcy Trusts & Asbestos Compensation, on June 20, 2011 in Chicago, IL on "The Role of 524(g) Trust Discovery in Asbestos Tort, Coverage and Bankruptcy Cases."
The panel will discuss:
Update on past and ongoing cases requesting discovery of trust data
What are defendants and insurers’ rights regarding discovery of trust claim forms, data and other trust related information? What are plaintiffs’ rights regarding confidential protection of that information?
State court discovery - timing and production of trust claim forms to trial courts
Relevancy of discovery of trust data for bankruptcy estimation purposes