Boy Scouts Abuse Deal Attacked for Preventing Future Suits (1)

The Boy Scouts of America’s sexual abuse compensation fund should be rejected, a small group of victims say, because the proposal has the same legal flaw that ended a similar plan by bankrupt opioid maker Purdue Pharma LP.

The Boy Scouts are trying to manipulate bankruptcy rules to force an end to lawsuits against local scouting councils and related groups that haven’t filed for protection under Chapter 11, victims and other critics are set to argue today in federal court.

Although an overwhelming majority of victims voted in favor of the Boy Scouts’ $2.7 billion compensation fund, lawyers ...