Sidley Austin Beats Hiring Challenge in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy

Sidley Austin LLP was approved to serve as bankruptcy counsel for the Boy Scouts of America after overcoming a conflict of interest objection raised by an insurance provider the law firm previously represented.

The firm has shown it’s a disinterested adviser and has established appropriate firewalls in the Boy Scouts’ Chapter 11 case, Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware said in an oral ruling issued Friday.

Sidley’s retention by the Boy Scouts, which filed for bankruptcy in February to deal with the fallout from hundreds of child sexual abuse claims, came under ...