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3M Pursues Bankruptcy: What Does it Mean for Combat Earplugs Plaintiffs?
“Efficient and equitable.” That is the phrase industrial manufacturing conglomerate 3M used four times within 600 words in a statement announcing a move to use bankruptcy to settle an ever-growing torrent of claims against it in In Re: 3m Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, the largest multidistrict litigation in history. In doing so, the