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Case Number:

5:22-bk-50073

Court:

Connecticut

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  1. May 21, 2025

    Meet The New Mediator In The Guo Ch. 11 Case

    New York Eastern District Chief Bankruptcy Judge Alan S. Trust has been tapped to bring his 17 years of experience on the bench to bear on the mediation of claims that Chinese exile Miles Guo has been attempting to hide assets in his Connecticut bankruptcy case.

  2. May 21, 2025

    Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks $2.4M From Maryland Law Firm

    The Chapter 11 trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy in Connecticut has filed an adversary proceeding seeking over $2.4 million from Maryland-based law firm Schulman Bhattacharya LLC, alleging the firm received payments from Guo's shell companies both before and after Guo filed for bankruptcy.  

  3. May 15, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Warner Bros. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge in Village Roadshow's Chapter 11 case to allow arbitration over profits tied to "The Matrix" films to continue. Rap artist Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson III asked to reopen his Connecticut bankruptcy, saying his confirmed Chapter 11 plan discharged a personal injury claim filed against him in New York. And the Second Circuit deployed the chief bankruptcy judge of the Eastern District of New York to help mediate adversary proceedings in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 case.

  4. May 06, 2025

    Boies Schiller Can't Push Guo Clawback Bid To District Court

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP cannot move to federal district court a $654,000 adversary proceeding in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy, according to a district court judge's ruling that said it would be more efficient to keep the dispute in bankruptcy court, at least for now.

  5. April 29, 2025

    $10M Brown Rudnick Deal With Guo Trustee Gets Judge's OK

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $10 million deal between Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the Chinese exile's onetime attorneys at Brown Rudnick LLP, and greenlighted 10 lesser settlements with other firms and luxury retailer Versace.

  6. April 24, 2025

    Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Can Spend $1.6M Maintaining NJ Mansion

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy in Connecticut can spend an extra $600,000 to maintain a Mahwah, New Jersey, mansion connected to the convicted fraudster, a judge has ruled.

  7. April 15, 2025

    Boies Schiller Can't Escape Guo Clawback Claim, Judge Rules

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP must face a Chapter 11 trustee's nearly $654,000 clawback case for receiving cash from a company connected to since-convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled, advancing the case against the firm's motion to dismiss.

  8. April 07, 2025

    Brown Rudnick Inks $8M Deal With Guo Ch. 11 Trustee

    Brown Rudnick LLP has agreed to pay nearly $8 million in a deal with the trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 case in Connecticut to settle potential claims tied to the law firm's onetime work for the convicted fraudster.

  9. April 04, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    A bankruptcy judge approved the retention of a repossession agent that the trustee for Chinese exile Miles Guo used to recover a small private jet from his son, a federal court stood by a ruling that refused to let Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders probe a matter related to a former judge's romantic relationship, and shoe designer Zigi USA filed its Chapter 11 plan. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the last week.

  10. April 04, 2025

    Guo Trustee Properly Obtained Yacht And $37M, 2nd Circ. Told

    The Second Circuit should affirm rulings that drew a $37 million escrow fund and a $23 million yacht into Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy estate, his Chapter 11 trustee has argued, asking the appellate court to uphold multiple prior rulings in his favor.