Alexander E. Jones

  1. September 30, 2024

    J&J Fights For Ch. 11 Venue, NY Diocese Settles For $323M

    Johnson & Johnson and the Justice Department are set to face off in a dispute over whether the consumer products giant was justified in putting a talc unit into bankruptcy in Texas this month, after the U.S. Trustee's Office accused J&J of "forum-shopping" its third Chapter 11 filing.

  2. September 24, 2024

    Alex Jones Trustee Gets OK To Sell Company's Assets

    The trustee overseeing the estate of right-wing media personality Alex Jones on Tuesday won court approval to liquidate Jones' Free Speech Systems LLC, despite an objection from the government's bankruptcy watchdog that the trustee did not actually control the company's assets.

  3. August 26, 2024

    Girardi Denies Fraud Charges, Alex Jones Biz Sale Proposed

    Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi has denied stealing from any of his clients, asking a judge to toss wire fraud charges. Meanwhile, a court-appointed trustee in Alex Jones' bankruptcy has asked a Texas judge to authorize the liquidation and wind-down of Free Speech Systems. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  4. August 23, 2024

    Sale Sought For Assets Of Alex Jones' Co.

    The court-appointed trustee in Alex Jones' bankruptcy case has asked a Texas judge to authorize the liquidation and wind-down of Free Speech Systems LLC, arguing that Jones' estate wholly owns the company and that it has valuable assets to monetize.

  5. June 27, 2024

    Sandy Hook Families Can't Seize Funds From Alex Jones' Co.

    A group of families looking to collect a $50 million defamation verdict against Alex Jones' media business can't seize its bank accounts, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday, questioning why they asked a state court for control of the accounts hours after the bankruptcy court ordered a Chapter 7 trustee to take over the assets.

  6. June 25, 2024

    Sandy Hook Families Split Over Alex Jones Ch. 7 Stay Ask

    Two groups of plaintiffs that hold more than $1.5 billion in combined claims against right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his online media network have differing views on how those claims should be collected, taking opposite stances on a Chapter 7 trustee's request to pause collection actions against Jones' company.

  7. June 24, 2024

    Alex Jones Trustee Asks To Halt Actions Against Media Co.

    The trustee in Alex Jones' Chapter 7 liquidation urged a Texas bankruptcy court to broaden that case's litigation freeze to cover the company that runs Jones' online show, arguing that doing so would help him conduct a smoother wind-down of the right-wing media personality's estate by protecting its assets.

  8. June 21, 2024

    Tragedy And Torment Preceded Alex Jones Ch. 7 Liquidation

    More than 11 years after the tragic death of 26 people in the Sandy Hook school shooting, families of the slain victims are clear to pursue payment of damages from right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media company following a bankruptcy court order directing the liquidation of his personal assets.

  9. June 17, 2024

    Justices Side With US Trustee, Alex Jones Switches To Ch. 7

    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.

  10. June 14, 2024

    Judge Converts Alex Jones Ch. 11, Tosses Media Co.'s Case

    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.