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Madoff Trustee Says Defendants’ Judge-Shopping Perverts Law

The liquidator of Bernard Madoff’s firm said people and companies he has sued in 247 actions are “eviscerating” the bankruptcy court and “perverting” the law by rushing to find new judges for their cases. They seek an “escape hatch” from bankruptcy court, which Congress intended to handle such cases as clawbacks of money withdrawn from a Ponzi scheme, the trustee said yesterday. Read Bloomberg Businessweek report here.

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