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September 29, 2023
Foreign Sovereign Immunity Bars the Madoff Trustee from Recovering $20 Million
A district judge in New York reversed the bankruptcy court, which had held that a Kuwaiti public pension fund was not entitled to sovereign immunity for having engaged in commercial activity.
2nd Circuit
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New York
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New York Southern District
January 27, 2017
Clever Pleading Won’t Allow Individual Creditors to Sue, Madoff District Judge Says
Decision draws the line between common claims and those particular to individual creditors.
2nd Circuit
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New York
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New York Southern District
January 17, 2017
Transferring Venue Isn’t Easier Just Because There Is Bankruptcy Jurisdiction
New York district judge keeps a lawsuit out of the hands of a Delaware bankruptcy judge.
2nd Circuit
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New York
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New York Southern District
January 15, 2016
No ‘Innocent Insider’ Exception to In Pari Delicto in New York, Judge Holds
New York becomes even more inhospitable to trustees facing in pari delicto defense.
2nd Circuit
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New York
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New York Southern District