Ep. 55 - US Supreme Court in Purdue Pharma and the fate of third-party releases in the United States

Prof. Antony Casey, University of Chicago and Prof. Ralph Brubaker, University of Illinois, USA, discuss the ground-breaking ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. This ruling addresses the issue of non-consensual third-party releases in Chapter 11 plans of reorganisation. Prof. Casey and Prof. Brubaker discuss their conflicting opinions on this ruling, and the future of consensual and non-consensual third-party releases in the United States.

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Interviewer: Ilya Kokorin, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
Edited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL International

Music by jorikbasov

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