Just in time for Valentine's Day, the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee overseeing the aftermath of Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme has sought court approval to make a third distribution to victims. Irving Picard, the bankruptcy trustee... Read More

"In this zero sum game where funds are limited, hard choices must be made....The plain language, purpose, framework and distribution scheme of SIPA, as well as (legal) precedent, all support the method chosen by the trustee" - U.S. Bankruptcy... Read More

On this edition, Benjamin D. Feder of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP discusses the background of the lawsuit filed by Irving Picard, trustee of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, against the Wilpon Group, owner of the New York Mets. Mr. Feder... Read More

by Kathy Bazoian Phelps The Madoff trustee and Madoff victims hoped to hold the banks liable for alleged wrongdoing. The banks hoped to escape liability on the theory that the Madoff trustee, standing in the shoes of Madoff’s company, was a wrongdoer... Read More

A class of Madoff investors has settled with Fairfield Greenwich and its related entities for up to $80.25 million. These entities were Madoff feeder funds that had invested over $4.5 billion with Madoff. In their second amended complaint, the investors... Read More

Fred Wilpon, the owner of the New York Mets , was a close friend of Bernie Madoff, and it has been generally believed since the outset of the scandal that Wilpon, his family and affiliated enterprises lost hundreds of millions in the great Ponzi scheme... Read More

The well known travails of Fred Wilpon, the principal owner of the New York Mets, have all converged this past week. He, his partner Saul Katz and their families and affiliated enterprises (the "Wilpon/Katz Group") lost several hundred million... Read More

The trustee tasked with recovering funds for victims of Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme announced he had reached a settlement with a Connecticut hedge fund that acted as a "feeder fund" in shoveling millions of dollars into Madoff's... Read More

A recent New York Times article by Andrew Ross Sorkin severely and unfairly criticizes Irving Picard, the trustee for the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme. It states, "Mr. Picard has had much more success collecting money for himself and a dozen... Read More

Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, and their families and affiliated enterprises (the "Wilpon/Katz Group") last week formally requested the dismissal of the adversary proceeding commenced by Irving Picard, the trustee of Bernard L. Madoff Investment... Read More