The American Bankruptcy Institute Journal just published our article analyzing an important decision issued in the Gawker Media bankruptcy case. As we discuss, the court’s decision is likely to have a dramatic impact on media-industry debtors because of the court’s refusal to apply the California anti-SLAPP statute to the Debtors’ claim objection. But the decision is also important because of the court’s narrow interpretation of the “personal-injury tort” exception to core jurisdiction.
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