Zohar CDO 2003-1, Ltd. et al v. Patriarch Partners, LLC et al

  1. September 21, 2020

    Zohar Can't Get Tilton Suit Sent To Del. Bankruptcy Court

    A New York federal judge has denied the Zohar Funds' bid to transfer a dispute between the investment vehicles and founder Lynn Tilton so it can be heard alongside Zohar's Delaware bankruptcy case, saying the alleged conduct at issue in the fight over ownership of the funds' portfolio companies precedes the bankruptcy.

  2. January 23, 2020

    Judge Gives Zohar Row Attys Homework Over Removal Order

    A New York federal judge gave the attorneys arguing whether a dispute between three Zohar Funds investment vehicles and founder Lynn Tilton belongs in Delaware bankruptcy court a homework assignment, saying they had missed a key Second Circuit opinion.

  3. December 09, 2019

    Tilton Accuses Zohar Funds Of 'Blatant Forum Shopping'

    The Zohar Funds' founder Lynn Tilton has told a New York federal court it should reject the company investment vehicles' bid to send litigation over ownership of the funds' portfolio companies to Delaware, calling the request "blatant forum shopping" to gain a strategic advantage.

  4. November 08, 2019

    Zohar Funds Want Tilton Suit Sent To Del. Bankruptcy Court

    Company investment vehicles the Zohar Funds are urging a federal court to send litigation with founder Lynn Tilton over ownership of the funds' portfolio companies to Delaware bankruptcy court, asserting the First State has jurisdiction over the dispute because it impacts Zohar's Chapter 11 there.

  5. January 23, 2018

    Tilton Seeks To Keep Case Against Zohar Funds, Others Alive

    Private equity magnate Lynn Tilton and her companies have urged a Manhattan federal judge to hang onto their claims against the so-called Zohar funds and the banks, insurers and other entities they accuse of plotting against them, saying the court still has the power to hear the dispute.

  6. January 02, 2018

    Tilton, Patriarch Beat Zohar Funds' RICO Claim

    Flamboyant private equity investor Lynn Tilton and her company Patriarch Partners LLC slipped a racketeering suit brought by the investment funds they once ran on Friday, with a New York federal judge saying part of the case is barred and the rest belongs in Delaware.

  7. March 22, 2017

    Zohar Funds Say Tilton 'Pillaged' Them, Can't Escape Suit

    Three collateralized loan obligation funds known as the Zohar Funds urged a New York federal court Monday to keep intact their suit alleging Patriarch Partners LLC magnate Lynn Tilton "pillaged" more than $1 billion from them, saying she is deliberately mischaracterizing the claims in a baseless attempt to preclude them.

  8. March 07, 2017

    Tilton, Patriarch Partners Seek To End Zohar Funds' Suit

    Private equity magnate Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch Partners firms urged a New York federal judge Monday to toss a suit accusing them of mismanaging their Zohar collateralized loan obligation funds, saying the suit is part of a bid to take control of the distressed companies underlying the funds.

  9. January 20, 2017

    Lynn Tilton Calls Zohar Funds Lawsuit 'Tactical Game'

    Financier Lynn Tilton on Wednesday accused three collateralized loan obligation funds she founded of playing "tactical games" when they filed a fraud lawsuit seeking judgment on their ownership after convincing her to drop a similar case in New York federal court, prompting the funds to fire back in a letter Thursday, calling her accusations "unfounded and irrelevant."

  10. January 17, 2017

    Zohar Funds Sue Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Partners

    Three collateralized loan obligation funds created by Patriarch Partners LLC magnate Lynn Tilton have gone after their founder, accusing her in a fraud suit filed Monday in New York federal court of mismanaging the Zohar funds and stealing more than $1 billion from them, putting them at risk of default.