Boy Scouts Abuse Claimants Tap Dechert in Mass Tort Firm Row (1)

Feb. 13, 2026, 8:35 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 13, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

Attorneys from multinational law firm Dechert LLP are assisting a group of Boy Scouts abuse claimants seeking to terminate their contingency fee arrangements with mass tort firm Slater Slater Schulman LLP.

A trio of Dechert attorneys, including Yale Law professor G. Eric Brunstad Jr., were part of the team that filed papers Friday urging the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to decide whether Slater should be financially dinged for allegedly deceiving thousands of child sex abuse claimants about the status of their claims in the Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 settlement process.

“The Slater firm’s misconduct ...

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