February 17, 2016
A Manhattan federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday blocked the latest investor suit targeting a Bernie Madoff associate for his role in Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, agreeing with the trustee for Madoff's defunct securities firm that the $11 billion claims in Florida are preempted by a 2011 settlement.
February 01, 2016
A New York federal judge on Monday ordered Bernard Madoff's liquidation trustee to show why a group of investors trying to sue one of Madoff's former top clients can't include the con man's apparent assertion that the client controlled the Ponzi scheme.
December 21, 2015
A New York bankruptcy judge approved payment of more than $37 million in fees and expenses to BakerHostetler for work that the firm has done unraveling Bernie Madoff's bogus securities firm and securing money to pay back victims of the scheme.
December 09, 2015
A New York federal judge on Tuesday blocked Bernie Madoff feeder fund Kingate Global Fund's bid for a quick appeal after failing over the summer to escape a trustee's $825 million clawback suit, saying the appeal doesn't raise a novel legal question.
November 18, 2015
A New York bankruptcy judge said Wednesday he'd approve on a plan to distribute by the end of the year $1.18 billion to former customers of Bernie Madoff's bogus securities firm, pushing their total recovery to more than $9 billion.
October 28, 2015
Legacy Capital Ltd. and one of the banking services firm's advisers urged a New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday to slash a trustee's lawsuit looking to claw back more than $213 million it received from Bernard Madoff's bogus securities firm, arguing that at the time they were unaware of the massive Ponzi scheme.
October 20, 2015
The liquidating trustee for Bernie Madoff's investment fund asked a New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday for permission to distribute $1.5 billion to Madoff investors after a U.S. Supreme Court order earlier this month paved the way for the distribution.
October 01, 2015
Dozens of investment companies that withdrew funds from Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme before it collapsed asked a New York bankruptcy court Wednesday to toss the Madoff trustee's clawback bid because the transfers took place outside the U.S.
September 28, 2015
The trustee overseeing the distribution of assets tied to Bernie Madoff's defunct brokerage told Manhattan U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart M. Bernstein Friday that defendants in 57 clawback cases should not be allowed to intervene in a similar case that is ready for trial in mid-October, because, among other reasons, the requests are too late.
September 24, 2015
Bernard Madoff liquidation trustee Irving Picard urged a New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday not to allow feeder fund manager Kingate Management Ltd. to appeal a decision finding it must face most of Picard's $825 million clawback suit.