Alexander E. Jones

  1. January 13, 2025

    Infowars Bidder Raises Offer As Attys Consider Auction

    A failed bidder for conspiracy-monger Alex Jones' Infowars has more than doubled the amount it would pay to acquire the website, and the parent company of satirical news site The Onion is preparing to submit its own revised bid, counsel for the trustee in Jones' Chapter 7 case said at a hearing in Texas bankruptcy court Monday.

  2. December 17, 2024

    Purdue, FTX Top Biggest Bankruptcy Cases, Trends Of 2024

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to throw out nonconsensual third-party releases in opioid maker Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 reverberated through the bankruptcy domain in unexpected ways this year, but it was just one among many major events to shape bankruptcy in 2024.

  3. December 16, 2024

    Judge Kills Infowars Sale, BigLaw Firms Duck Suit

    A Texas court blocked an attempt from satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' radio show, and a racketeering suit against Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP over allegations they profited from former bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones' romantic relationship with a member of the bankruptcy bar was dismissed. 

  4. December 11, 2024

    Texas Judge Says Infowars Sale Flawed, Rejects Onion Bid

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday denied a request by the trustee of the Alex Jones estate to sell the conspiracy theorist's Infowars website to satirical news outlet The Onion, saying a muddled auction process failed to generate enough value for creditors.

  5. December 09, 2024

    Jones Says Waiver Gave Onion Unfair Edge In Infowars Auction

    Lawyers for Alex Jones on Monday stepped up their criticism of satirical news outlet The Onion's bid to buy the conspiracy theorist's Infowars website, urging a Texas bankruptcy judge to block the deal and hand Infowars to a company operating a supplements website instead.

  6. November 26, 2024

    X Corp. Says InfoWars Social Media Accounts Can't Be Sold

    The parent company that owns X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, told a Texas bankruptcy judge that the Chapter 7 trustee in the case of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones can't sell X accounts tied to Jones and his InfoWars business because they are the property of the social media company.

  7. November 25, 2024

    Judge Eyes Dec. Hearing To Sort Out Onion's Bid For Infowars

    A Texas judge asked the Chapter 7 trustee in right-wing fabulist Alex Jones' bankruptcy to preserve the status quo until a sale hearing sometime in December that will determine whether the parent company of satirical news publisher The Onion was correctly chosen as the winning bidder in the auction for Jones' Infowars program.

  8. November 25, 2024

    Alex Jones Blasts Onion Bid, FTX Tech Deputy Avoids Prison

    Alex Jones and a backup bidder linked to his Chapter 7 are challenging the sale of his Infowars website to The Onion, alleging flaws in the auction process. A former FTX's tech deputy can avoid prison time for assisting the FTX fraud case by exposing programming flaws; attorneys who have represented Purdue Pharma can receive $21.2 million in fees for its work during summer. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  9. November 21, 2024

    The Onion's Infowars Bid Rests On Whether Highest Is Best

    As satirical media company The Onion prepares to defend its offer to buy Alex Jones' right-wing conspiracy show, Infowars, it is relying on the idea that sometimes, the highest offer is not the best one for creditors, experts told Law360.

  10. November 19, 2024

    Alex Jones Seeks To Stop The Onion From Buying Infowars

    Right-wing media fabulist Alex Jones asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to stop the sale of his Infowars website to satirical news publisher The Onion, arguing that the winning bid violated the court's bidding procedures order.