Bloomberg Law
Sept. 11, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: Lawyers Say PG&E Plan to Cap Fire Liabilities ‘Unacceptable’

Rick Mitchell
Rick Mitchell
Freelance Correspondent
  • Lawyers for victims of California’s deadly wildfires expressed outrage after California utility giant PG&E Corp. issued a bankruptcy plan that calls for capping its liabilities from the fires at $18 billion. Cecily Dumas, a BakerHostetler lawyer representing fire victims in the bankruptcy, called the plan “unacceptable.” (BN) PG&E’s legal team has included Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Jenner & Block, among other firms. (BLAW) (BLB)

  • Morrison & Foerster poached Kirkland & Ellis London-based international arbitration lawyer Chiraag Shah as a partner. Shah focuses on cross-border commercial and investor-state arbitrations and will ...

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