UBS Wins Bid To Move Madoff Trustee's $2.6B Suits

Law360, New York (July 14, 2011, 9:25 PM ET) -- A federal judge in New York on Thursday granted UBS AG's request to transfer a pair of lawsuits seeking approximately $2.6 billion filed by the trustee overseeing Bernard L. Madoff's securities firm from bankruptcy court to district court.

U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon accepted the cases in the Southern District of New York, one week after she had informed attorneys in the case that she was likely to approve the Swiss bank's request to have the case heard in district court alongside trustee Irving H. Picard's...
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Case Information

Case Title

Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. et al v. UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA et al

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Bankruptcy Withdrawl

Case Number

1:11-cv-04212

Judge

Colleen McMahon

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Date Filed

June 21, 2011


Case Title

Irving H. Picard v. UBS AG et al

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Bankruptcy Withdrawl

Case Number

1:11-cv-04213

Judge

Colleen McMahon

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Date Filed

June 21, 2011

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