Revlon Talc Claimants’ Direct Appeal Request Debated In 2nd Circuit

( November 14, 2024, 5:46 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reject a petition for a direct appeal of a New York federal bankruptcy judge’s decision barring asbestos talc plaintiffs from pursuing claims against former debtor Revlon Inc. under the discharge and injunction provisions of its confirmed Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and instead send the dispute to a district court to review the questions presented “in the first instance,” the reorganized debtor says in an opposition brief....