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Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

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Case Number:

1:08-ap-01789

Court:

New York Southern

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  1. May 11, 2017

    Merkin, Madoff Trustee Fire Back Over Trial Testimony

    Disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin urged a New York bankruptcy judge to not let the trustee for Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment firm cripple Merkin's defenses at an upcoming trial to claw back Ponzi scheme proceeds, arguing Wednesday that certain testimony should not be barred.

  2. May 04, 2017

    RBS Beats Direct 2nd Circ. Appeal In Madoff Clawback Case

    The Royal Bank of Scotland on Thursday dodged facing a direct Second Circuit appeal in a $22 million Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme clawback case, as a New York bankruptcy judge ruled that the international comity issues at hand do not necessitate a direct appeal.

  3. April 11, 2017

    Picower-Related Madoff Testimony Confidential, Judge Rules

    Portions of a transcript from a December deposition of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff that go beyond the permissible scope of testimony about his former associate Jeffry Picower are to remain confidential in any publicly available version, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Monday.

  4. April 10, 2017

    Claims Of Madoff Cotenants Correctly Denied, Judge Rules

    A New York bankruptcy judge has blessed the Madoff liquidator's decision to deny $392,000 in claims from parties who said they were customers of the failed investment firm but who, in reality, were account cotenants, saying Monday that the difference is key.

  5. April 10, 2017

    Madoff Trustee Looks To Narrow Testimony At Merkin Trial

    Looking to blunt the defenses of disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin at an upcoming trial to claw back Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme proceeds, the trustee for the fraudulent investment firm asked a New York bankruptcy court on Friday to bar various talking points that amount to "hearsay" testimony.

  6. March 07, 2017

    Madoff Investors' $65B Suit Against Picower Tossed In NY

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday said that a proposed $64.8 billion class action brought by Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC customers against former Madoff associate Jeffry Picower is blocked by a 2011 settlement, pointing to the dismissal of a similar suit.

  7. January 30, 2017

    Merkin Loses Bid To KO Clawback In Madoff Bankruptcy Case

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday said evidence supported the notion that disgraced financier J. Ezra Merkin was willfully blind to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme and rejected Merkin's attempt to avoid trial in a clawback suit involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

  8. November 21, 2016

    BakerHostetler Seeks $34M In Fees For Madoff Trustee Work

    BakerHostetler on Friday asked a New York bankruptcy judge for more than $33.8 million in fees for its work unraveling Bernie Madoff's bogus securities firm and securing money to pay back victims of his massive Ponzi scheme.

  9. October 31, 2016

    Madoff Trustee Decries Firm's Bid to Have Him Testify

    Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment firm, has urged a New York bankruptcy judge to exempt him from testifying in an upcoming hearing, calling a law firm's bid to have him do so a harassment attempt.

  10. October 28, 2016

    Madoff Trustee, Calif. AG Reach $277M Deal With Investor

    The family of a prominent Bernie Madoff investor has agreed to settle long-standing litigation brought by a court-appointed trustee and California's attorney general in a deal that will recoup victims of the massive fraud up to $277 million, according to papers filed Friday in New York bankruptcy court.