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Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that he, rather than the bankruptcy judge, will initially decide whether the trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Inc. has the right to sue customers for recovery of so-called fictitious profits.
On July 29, a customer named James Greiff argued that Rakoff should take a lawsuit away from the bankruptcy court where Irving Picard, the Madoff trustee, sued him like hundreds of other customers for taking more cash out of the Madoff firm than they put in. Rakoff said in a one-page order Sept. 16 that he would make initial decisions on two issues.
Rakoff told Greiff and the Madoff trustee to write briefs on two subjects. First, do the profits shown on account statements represent valid debt to counter a fraudulent transfer claim? Second, Rakoff wants the parties to explain whether a provision in bankruptcy law known as the safe harbor bars suits because they stem from trades in securities.
Rakoff said he will later file a written opinion giving reasons for his ruling in detail.
Rakoff will revisit the same issues that were decided in a 26-page opinion on Aug. 31 by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood, another federal district judge in Manhattan who made a ruling involving a different Madoff customer. Wood ruled that the trustee is using valid theories to recover money customers took out of the Ponzi scheme before the fraud was discovered.
Wood ruled that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton L. Lifland was correct last year when he found that $34 million in claims made by Picard against the Ariel and Gabriel funds controlled by Ezra Merkin withstand attack at the early stages of a lawsuit.
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There are a lot of reasons for Dodgers fans to be filled with anger and stay away from the ballpark, most all of which can be blamed solely on bankrupt owner Frank McCourt, but Tuesday night is probably the most anticipated home game since opening day,
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