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Scouts Lawyer Seeks to ‘Shine a Light’ on Mass Tort System Flaws ..."In the Boy Scouts case, former clients of Slater Slater Schulman LLP approached Friedman, he said, after the settlement trustee said she stopped processing thousands of Slater claims for irregularities. The New York-based firm acknowledged its claims were being investigated over “procedural and factual problems.” A Delaware judge next week is scheduled to hear Friedman’s unusual request to take over some Slater clients and, more pointedly, reduce or outright deny Slater’s 40% contingency fees in the case, which he estimates could top $50 million. Slater on Thursday lashed back at Friedman, filing a response that called his motion an improper bid to interfere with their clients and “wholly untethered to any recognized legal authority.” Friedman insists he didn’t seek out the role or the clients, saying that they approached him after reading his past public criticisms about mass tort firms gaming the system. “I didn’t ask for this,” he told Bloomberg Law last week in an interview near his Stuart, Fla. home. But the lawyer sees it as a golden opportunity to go beyond talking and writing about the need for change. With clients in the case, he can actively litigate the problems he says have followed mass torts into the bankruptcy system." More at source: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/scouts-lawyer-seeks-to-shine-a-light-on-mass-tort-system-flaws

Sheesh... found this

Our government may shutdown but Kindness and Scouting does not.

I think you answered your own question I’m having trouble coming up with potential ideas for activities I could assign these scouts to do. Does anyone have any good activities or advice to solve this problem? I would add, your PL's should be assigning their respective scouts tasks as planned at PLC meeting. You as SPL should ensure your PL's are leading their scouts. Anyway, those are my thoughts. Other members here will add theirs.

Your SM has given you some meeting fallback ideas. Tell us about your PLC meetings.

Tell us more about your leadership training prior to becoming SPL. Did you attend NYLT?

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Long Island (NY) council merge. Theodore Roosevelt Council, Scouting America voted to merge with the financially-troubled Suffolk County Council, Scouting America to form - Scouting America Long Island Council Long Island Council will own and operate three Scout Camps including Schiff Scout Reservation and Onteora Scout Reservation and serve over 10,000 youth in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York. Source: interesting background drama

Recall before the membership drop, bankruptcy, covid, there was a push for all councils to publish a 5 year plan? Don't see that as much, maybe because goals were seldom met and a turn to the short term - merge and monetize. my $0.02,

Nice morning read with all quotes from the Eagle candidate. “This project has done so much for me in terms of self-improvement and motivating myself and working on stuff outside of school and pushing to get it done. This is probably one of the best things that’s ever happened to me in terms of that. When it comes to my future, leadership is a big part of what I am planning to enter— Public Policy/Administration, Politics, and something where I hope to have a positive influence on the world and make it a better place.” https://thesuntimesnews.com/how-an-eagle-scout-project-benefits-the-whole-community/

After large membership losses, Aloha Council Hawaii recently announced that 238-acre Camp Honokaia and Camp Alan Faye would be placed on the open market for sale, lease or joint venture. "The decision has sparked outrage among Big Island Scouters who say they weren’t consulted." More at source: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/10/28/big-island-scouts-fight-save-beloved-camp/

"There is limited secure on-site storage. Our instructors must drive ½ mile to get to the equipment and supplies every day and the return them each night." ??? Well if off-site is more secure? I would like to know more about the "secure storage" for this new OnTarget facility announced below. Locked room? Locked cabinet? Locked vault/safe? 24/7 alarm system? Cameras? De-leading hand washing? No mention of lead-free ammunition. Dry-fire shooting apps like Mantis , G-sight ? I am seeing more focus on "facility" than "teaching" in this proposal - reminiscent of my local school board, "The Heart of Virginia Council is planning a $1.4 million overhaul and expansion of the archery and shooting facilities at Camp T. Brady Saunders. The new facility, which will be called OnTarget, will include features like a 3D archery course with 10 stations, a shotgun teaching station, two multi-purpose instructional pavilions, a covered five-stand shotgun range, a 16-station rifle and pistol range and a 12-station archery range. The OnTarget name was provided by the $500,000 donor, Heart of Virginia Council CEO George McGovern added. " More at sources: https://hovc.org/ontarget/ https://scoutingevent.com/Download/602162447/SM/Center_for_Youth_Marksmanship_Case_Support__WEB.pdf < brief "secure storage" mentioned. https://richmondbizsense.com/2025/10/21/sprawling-goochland-boy-scouts-camp-plans-7-figure-upgrade-to-archery-and-shooting-range/

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Reminder, even if one has a subscription, one cannot entirely copy monetized, copyrighted articles from behind a paywall for scouter.com members. Summarize in your own words and cite source is preferred and then only quote a paragraph or two and definitely include a source link. Boy Scouts Claimants Look To Remove Slater, Citing Probe By Jeff Montgomery · Law360 (October 15, 2025, 8:23 PM EDT) --Alleging trial lawyer case aggregators at Slater Slater Schulman have "run amok" in the Boy Scouts sexual abuse case, a claimants group has moved for a bankruptcy court order terminating contingency fee legal service agreements with victims and a reduction in fees paid to the firm... For a reprint of this article, please contact reprints@law360.com. More at source (requires subscription): https://www.law360.com/articles/2399912/boy-scouts-claimants-look-to-remove-slater-citing-probe @Eagle1993 @MattR