Alexander E. Jones

  1. February 14, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy estate hit dozens of new targets, including Salesforce and Grubhub, with adversary proceedings; the Chapter 7 trustee for Alex Jones asked permission to return deposits to bidders on Jones' assets; and the Office of the U.S. Trustee objected to the proposed plan of prison healthcare company Wellpath Holdings Inc., saying the plan contains impermissible third-party releases and Wellpath proposed an amended plan.

  2. February 10, 2025

    Jones' Ch. 7 Deal Sunk, Yellow Scores Partial Pension Win

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected a Chapter 7 trustee's proposal to settle $1.5 billion in Sandy Hook claims against Alex Jones, Yellow Corp. won a partial victory in a $540 million pension dispute after a Delaware judge ruled liabilities were overstated, and the Eleventh Circuit barred a mortgage servicer from charging unauthorized "pay to pay" fees. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  3. February 05, 2025

    Judge Nixes Jones' Ch. 7 Deal With Sandy Hook Families

    A deal proposed by the Chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy case of right-wing conspiracy peddler Alex Jones that would have resolved the nearly $1.5 billion in claims held by the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims failed to gain court approval Wednesday when a Texas judge said he couldn't grant the requested relief.

  4. January 31, 2025

    Sandy Hook Families Resist Depositions In Alex Jones Ch. 11

    Two groups of families of victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting are fighting deposition and document requests from right-wing fabulist Alex Jones ahead of a hearing Wednesday on a settlement between the groups.

  5. January 21, 2025

    Giuliani Settles Asset Turnover, FDIC Sues SVB Ex-CEO

    Rudy Giuliani has turned over assets for a $148 million defamation judgment to former Georgia poll workers, following his absence at a recent trial. A Delaware bankruptcy judge criticized Dormify's founder for skipping a hearing on the retailer's Chapter 11 case. The FDIC sued Silicon Valley Bank's ex-CEO and other executives, alleging they mismanaged the company in the lead-up to its collapse in 2023. Meanwhile, a failed bidder for Alex Jones' Infowars increased its offer, as The Onion's parent company prepared a revised bid of its own.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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. 

  9. 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.

  10. 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.