Cutting Edge PFAS Bankruptcy

Expanding on its significant experience recovering insurance in mass-tort bankruptcy cases, Gilbert LLP was recently retained as Special Insurance Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (“UCC”) of Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. Kidde Fenwal filed for bankruptcy in May of 2023, citing the magnitude of liability it faced related to its historic production and distribution of […]

Representing Claimants Committee in “Texas Two Step” Bankruptcy

Gilbert LLP was recently retained by the Claimants Committee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings filed by Aldrich Pump LLC and Murray Boiler LLC.  Aldrich and Murray are asbestos liability holding companies formed by the Ingersoll-Rand Co. and Trane Technologies PLC, respectively.  In representing the Claimants Committee, Gilbert is utilizing its expertise in recovering contested […]

Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Facing substantial mass-tort liabilities arising out of thousands of claims alleging that the organization failed to protect children from sexual abuse, the Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020.  The Boy Scouts’ stated goal was to use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to provide compensation to victims. […]

Opioid Industry Bankruptcies

Gilbert’s work to combat the opioid crisis includes significant involvement in the bankruptcy arena, including playing a major role in negotiating the original 2021 bankruptcy settlement in In Re: Purdue Pharma LP that was ultimately reversed on appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court because of releases provided to members of the Sackler family who were […]

Talc Supplier Bankruptcy Case

Gilbert LLP builds on its long experience recovering insurance in mass-tort bankruptcy cases in the Chapter 11 proceeding filed by Imerys Talc America, Inc. (and related companies), a primary supplier of talc to Johnson & Johnson.  In June 2019, Gilbert was retained as special insurance counsel to the Official Committee of Tort Claimants and the […]

Automotive Parts Mass-Tort Bankruptcy

A confirmed bankruptcy plan often is only the beginning of Gilbert LLP’s insurance recovery work in mass-tort bankruptcy cases. We are currently engaged as counsel to the Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund. In Chapter 11 proceedings filed by the U.S. subsidiaries of Takata Corporation, a Japanese automotive parts company facing mounting allegations of liability […]

Asbestos-Related Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Gilbert LLP continues to be at the forefront of resolving complex disputes between financially distressed policyholders and their insurers. Gilbert’s pioneering work in this area continues today, through its representation of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for a former insulation manufacturer responsible for marshaling assets to fund thousands of asbestos-related personal injury claims. To date, […]

Securing Insurance Coverage for Securities and Shareholder Suits

Gilbert’s insurance coverage expertise includes the representation of directors, officers, and companies facing securities and shareholder litigation.  Currently, Gilbert represents a corporate client seeking insurance coverage for its settlement of certain director and officer and securities law claims, and is counseling the company in its suit against its insurers in Bermuda court.

Securing Insurance Proceeds from Insolvent Insurer Estates

For companies with claims that trigger historical insurance policies, coverage may have been issued by insurers that have since entered insolvency or rehabilitation proceedings. When that happens, many policyholders may believe that coverage is not available—often based on advice of other counsel. However, Gilbert LLP has been tremendously successful in securing these proceeds. For example, […]

Asbestos-Related Insurance Coverage Litigation

In our experience, insurance companies very often contest their contractual duties and obligations to pay mass tort product liability claims facing their policyholders. Gilbert LLP is continuing to lead the fight on behalf of corporate policyholders, trusts and others against insurers in courts throughout the country, including its representation of an internationally renowned manufacturer of […]

Financial Markets Antitrust and Market Manipulation Litigation

A federal court has appointed Gilbert LLP as interim co-lead counsel to represent a class of institutional investors in a major lawsuit against ten global banks accused of colluding to rig a critical financial market benchmark. Like the antitrust and market manipulation scandals involving the foreign exchange market, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and […]

Construction Defects

Disputes among contractors and subcontractors on large scale commercial construction projects are becoming increasingly complex, given the specialization in the field and the substantial sums at issue. Through our ongoing representation of a nationally prominent enclosure contractor in litigation against other participants in a large hospital complex project in Missouri, Gilbert is pursuing recoveries from […]

International Prisoners

For years, Gilbert has represented individuals who have been wrongfully detained by foreign governments. We have helped secure the release of Alan Gross (from Cuba), Amir Hekmati (from Iran), Todd Leininger (from Venezuela), and others. We also often pursue claims in U.S. courts against the governments and entities responsible for our clients’ wrongful detention, obtaining […]

Prisoner Resentencing and Parole

From 2019 through 2021, Gilbert LLP represented a client who at 17 years old was accused of involvement in a murder. At the time of the alleged crime, our client was living in what was then a heavily segregated, high-crime area of Washington D.C. Our client was, even according to the Government’s contentions at the […]

Fighting for Racial Justice with ACLU of Louisiana

In July 2020, Gilbert LLP partnered with ACLU of Louisiana and a wide range of private firms and law school clinics to tackle the systemic problem of racially discriminatory policing practices. The initiative, called “Justice Lab: Putting Racist Policing on Trial,” aims to bring a wave of lawsuits challenging racially motivated stops, seizures, searches, false […]