June 17, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled there would be no retroactive redress for a disparity between U.S. trustee fees in different jurisdictions, seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster struck a deal with creditors to hammer out a reorganization plan, and a Texas judge pulled the trigger on converting Alex Jones' Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7.
June 14, 2024
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday turned Alex Jones' bankruptcy case into a Chapter 7, allowing a trustee to liquidate the right-wing conspiracy theorist and media personality's assets to repay creditors, but declined to convert the Chapter 11 of the company that runs Jones' online show, dismissing its petition instead.
June 10, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court said an insurance company has "party in interest" standing to intervene in a Chapter 11 case, the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog "modernized" its agreement for banks holding debtor funds, and recent motions could pivot Alex Jones and his media company's Chapter 11s to Chapter 7 liquidations.
June 06, 2024
Right-wing radio host Alex Jones asked a Texas bankruptcy court to convert his bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, abandoning his proposed plan to reorganize his personal debts in the face of more than $1 billion in defamation claims from the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims.
June 03, 2024
Creditors of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems have asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to convert its Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7, saying liquidation is the only realistic route for creditors to get paid as the separate bankruptcies of the InfoWars parent and Jones near their close.
May 30, 2024
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems will be seeking approval of their respective Chapter 11 plans in mid-June, and the Texas judge overseeing the proceedings has said the cases could also face conversion to Chapter 7 liquidation or outright dismissal.
May 28, 2024
A report found that FTX counsel Sullivan & Cromwell was not involved in the pre-bankruptcy fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange, Alex Jones and his InfoWars podcast business are facing a June 15 deadline for progress in their Chapter 11 cases, and a former bankruptcy judge was accused of trying to force a false narrative tied to his romantic relationship with an attorney.
May 21, 2024
Saying that something has to happen in the bankruptcy case of right-wing radio firebrand Alex Jones, the Texas judge overseeing the case reiterated his position that Jones' Chapter 11 plan will be confirmed at a June 14 hearing or the case will be dismissed or converted to a liquidation.
May 02, 2024
A dispute between Alex Jones and his InfoWars radio show business on one side, and the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims on the other about whether defamation judgments can be discharged in bankruptcy will be pushed until after Chapter 11 plan proposals are heard by the court.
April 22, 2024
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday rescheduled to June 14 a key hearing on how the court should handle Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems LLC's Chapter 11, adding that he plans to keep the separate but interwoven bankruptcies of Jones and his company moving forward.