{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-23-130806","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BRK-B","cik":"0001067983","company_name":"BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC","filed_at":"2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:37.840539+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-16T02:34:49.902860+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Berkshire subsidiaries file Chapter 11 to resolve asbestos, talc, environmental liabilities","bullets":["Four indirect subsidiaries (Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Brilliant National, L.A. Terminals, Soco West) filed Chapter 11 on April 26, 2023 in New Jersey.","Subsidiaries were acquired in 2007 but had ceased operations in 2004; liabilities stem from asbestos, talc, and environmental claims.","No Berkshire entity ever operated those businesses or provided insurance for the acquisition.","Filing aims to manage and resolve legacy liabilities; companies had sold all operating assets prior to Berkshire's acquisition."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-130806","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-130806.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-130806.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-130806.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523130806/0001193125-23-130806-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312523130806/d490324d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-16T02:34:49.902860+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}