International Bankruptcy, Restructuring, True Crime and Appeals - Court Audio Recording Podcast

hearsay tale presented to the US bankruptcy court in Delaware of alleged happenings in Mexico, in support of proposed retention of Mexican counsel over objections

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hearing on approval of sealed proposed settlement agreement between Saks and its largest landlord Simon Property Group to resolve litigation

It sounds like a court battle is planned in the QVC bankruptcy, in which "vulture investors" that allegedly bought stakes in QVC when it was already financially distressed will put on evidence towards trying to propose a different plan for QVC to exit bankruptcy under which they are paid more than the smooth sail out of bankruptcy the company lawyers would prefer. This kind of contentious litigati...

For the agenda for the hearing, see the amended agenda filed the day of the hearing, docket number 35618 here: https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/ftx/Home-DocketInfo The court's ruling granting the objection to the claim gets into the FTX fraud, how people lost savings, some their families' life savings due to the FTX fraud for which Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted following trial by jury, and sen...

emergency motion

This is a peculiar hearing. Based on the explanation to the court on the record, this brief hearing was on approval of the revised disclosure statement submitted to the court for review within hours of the court hearing, with further party input and more changes anticipated. This is towards approval of the disclosure statement so Saks et al can solicit votes in support of a bankruptcy plan. I'm in...

More information about the Ascend Elements bankruptcy is available on the free case administration website: https://veritaglobal.net/ascend And here's a link to Recycling Today's coverage of the Ascend Elements bankruptcy and events leading up to it: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/ascend-elements-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

The podcast skips a couple of hearings held in the Saks bankruptcy proceedings earlier in April. The 4/24/2026 hearing is a helpful one to review because it includes an update on the restructuring support agreement and also an update on the anticipated timing of the chapter 11 disclosure statement. Additionally the hearing includes a summary of the proposed chapter 11 exit financing, with the busi...

In this case the Supreme Court is considering whether investor harm is a prerequisite to a disgorgement award in a civil action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This is the second hearing in the case, streamed in this podcast. You can (1) review the first hearing among the earlier episodes of the podcast by scrolling through the various published episodes or (2) access the prior hearing through this link: https://www.justcast.com/shows/center-of-main-interests-international-bankruptcy-and-restructuring-podcast-including-crypto/audioposts/755247

The hearing opens with counsel extending condolences to the Court following the passing of Judge Dorsey, the Judge who had presided over the FTX and Alameda bankruptcy proceedings after they were filed in Delaware in 2022: https://www.deb.uscourts.gov/news/passing-judge-john-t-dorsey