Two New Legal Threats Complicate Philadelphia Orchestra Bankruptcy Proceedings

“The American Federation of Musicians’ pension fund has suggested it could sue members of the orchestra board and outside funders” for $20-30 million if the Orchestra pulls out of the union’s pension plan. And Peter Nero, founder and conductor of the Philly Pops, has threatened to force the Annenberg Foundation’s involvement in his suit over the dissolution of the PhilOrch-Pops merger.