Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

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Case Number:

1:08-ap-01789

Court:

New York Southern

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  1. March 14, 2016

    Madoff Trustee Loses Bulk Of $220M Legacy Clawback

    The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's securities firm was dealt a major setback Monday when a New York judge significantly narrowed the scope of a lawsuit seeking to avoid and recover $220 million in transfers from Legacy Capital Ltd.

  2. February 26, 2016

    Madoff Trustee Says Atty Violated Order Over Bank Subpoenas

    The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's securities firm is seeking to hold an attorney who is defending former customers from clawback suits in contempt for allegedly violating a court order that prevented her from contacting banks about subpoenas for her clients' records, according to documents filed Friday in New York bankruptcy court.

  3. February 17, 2016

    Madoff Trustee Shuts Down $11B Investor Suit For Now

    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.

  4. February 01, 2016

    Picard Ordered To Explain Opposition To Madoff Declaration

    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.

  5. December 21, 2015

    BakerHostetler Gets $37M For Bernie Madoff Work

    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.

  6. December 09, 2015

    Kingate Denied Quick Appeal In $825M Madoff Clawback Suit

    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.

  7. November 18, 2015

    Bernie Madoff Customers To Get $1.18B Distribution

    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.

  8. October 28, 2015

    Legacy Capital Wants $213M Madoff Clawback Suit Gutted

    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.

  9. October 20, 2015

    Madoff Trustee Seeks To Hand Out $1.5B In Newest Payout

    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.

  10. October 01, 2015

    Madoff Trustee Can't Claw Back Foreign Transfers, Cos. Say

    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.