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Gregory H. Woods

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
New York
New York Southern District

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
New York
New York Southern District

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
New York
New York Southern District

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
New York
New York Southern District
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