The Texas Two-Step has been driven by a bunch of smart lawyers at the law firm, Jones Day. Each of its equity partners took home, on average, about $1.3 million that year. Koch Industries, Georgia Pacific, first deployed this scheme back in 2017. All these cases are actually linked to as best-offs-related lawsuits.
Thousands of people say Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder gave them cancer. They’re suing — but the consumer giant is using a bankruptcy strategy called the “Texas two-step” to limit its liability.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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