Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Co-chair Scott Markowitz was featured in the Law360 article, “Judge To Wait On Claim Talks Result For Purdue Class Call.” The article discusses the New York bankruptcy judge agreeing to postpone the request by five classes of opioid victims, to file class proofs of claims in Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 case, until after plan mediation is concluded. The judge said that if Purdue and its creditors reach an agreement, there might be no need for him to decide if the claimants meet the standards for filing class proofs of claim, while also saying it would be ideal for the mediation to wrap up in a month to keep the case on track.

Scott Markowitz is special counsel to the ad hoc committee of NAS babies in the Purdue Pharma Chapter 11 case.

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