Court Hearings and Interviews Podcast

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Per a recent Coindesk article: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/13/surprisingly-few-us-customers-want-their-bittrex-money-back/:Surprisingly Few U.S. Customers Want Their Bittrex Money Back The U.S. Secret Service kept millions on the exchange, company lawyers told a bankruptcy court – but other creditors have been strangely reluctant to ask for their funds back....Unofficial Computer-Autogenerated Transcript for the convenience of the hearing impaired, convenience, etc.:00:00:00Mr. Mosco, welcome. It's good to see you.00:00:11Good to see you too, Your Honor.00:00:14Mr. Shepard Carter, I like the tie. Is that black and orange?00:00:19This is black. No, it's not black and orange. It's dark, dark blue and orange, which are the colors of your alma mater.00:00:26The colors of my alma mater are black and orange. Oh, then it's black and orange.00:00:30Your instincts are excellent. You may proceed. Mr. Mosco, good morning again. Good to see you.00:00:35I should have known that since they were the Tigers. They are the Tigers.00:00:37We are the Tigers.00:00:39Good morning, Your Honor. We sent over to chambers a PowerPoint presentation. I can hand up an extra copy if you'd like.00:00:48I have it. Thank you.00:00:49And thanks for the Court's time today. It may seem like a bit of navel gazing going on here because there's not a controversy,00:00:58but we did want to update the Court from our last presentation, from where we are. All the work is being done behind the scenes that you haven't seen.00:01:07I appreciate that, and certainly no apology is necessary. I'm always happy to take a status report.00:01:14As you just mentioned, I really have limited visibility into most of the cases that I have, and often then it just turns into a very ugly surprise when everything blows up all at once.00:01:25So I'm hoping that's not going to happen here, but I certainly do appreciate the guidance that you're offering.00:01:31Correct, Your Honor. Just to level set and for the record, Patty Tomasko, Quinn Emanuel on behalf of the Dutters, and I'm joined by my colleague, Ken Ennis from the Young Conaway Firm.00:01:43We just wanted to go through where we were. The last presentation that we gave you, we had very low engagement from the customers that we had asked to withdraw their crypto.00:01:54As you know, the Court entered an order allowing the customers to begin withdrawing cryptocurrency and fiat currency as of June 15th is when we reopened the platform after the May 8th petition date.00:02:07So we wanted to go through that. I also want to introduce the Court to, we have a couple of the legal staff from Bittrex, Caleb Barker and David Maria.00:02:21David Maria is the General Counsel of Bittrex and Caleb Barker is the Assistant General Counsel of Bittrex.00:02:29Very good. Welcome, gentlemen.00:02:31Morning, Your Honor. If I get something wrong, which I frequently do, they will correct me and I've invited them to be live so that as we go through this, if I get something wrong, they can say, or if the Court has any questions about what we've done and all of the efforts that have gone into this and where we are with the status of the withdrawals.00:02:50I'm not going to bore the Court with the history, but as you know, we filed the bankruptcy petition on May 8th. The Court entered the customer withdrawal order on June 13th. We reopened the platform on June 15th.00:03:06This is consistent with the main goal of the case, which was to set up a process by which Bittrex USA operations could be wound down, along with the sister company Bittrex Malta, which is a Maltese organization that has been roughly out of operation since late 2018.00:03:30So to that end, if you turn to slide six, you can see our Chapter 11 timeline to where we are today.00:03:38Of course, we have a disclosure statement hearing coming up on the 27th.00:03:44Right.00:03:45And this is sort of to get everybody, you know, oriented correctly as we face that.00:03:51So far, I will say we have gotten only informal comments and nothing momentous with respect to the disclosure statement or the plan. We're getting language, incorporating it. All of that's going to plan.00:04:05Turning to slide eight, as I mentioned, we still have to comply as we're doing customer withdrawals with the various regulatory requirements for the payment.00:04:20KYC and KML stuff.00:04:22The main that I call them, Finson and OFAC.00:04:25Finson is concerned with financial crimes.00:04:29They want to have all the KYC information from the customer.00:04:32So are you really who you say you are?00:04:35And they also want to know that, you know, you're not engaging in some kind of money laundering.00:04:42So that's that's really what they're about.00:04:45OFAC is concerned with persons in foreign countries engaging in financial transactions in the U.S.00:04:54So those two regulatory requirements are built into the algorithms of the platform.00:05:00OK.00:05:03So we also wanted them to update, accept t

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This is the official oral argument audio for the appeal docketed with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as 23-30445 in the case styled Missouri v Biden. The oral argument audio was posted to the court's website with an 8-10-23 date (https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-information/oral-argument-recordings) and is publicly available along with audio of other oral arguments. According to the wikipedia entry for Missouri v Biden: Missouri v. Biden (No. 3:22-CV-01213) is a United States federal case filed in the Western District of Louisiana involving the First Amendment. The states of Missouri and Louisiana filed suit against the U.S. government, led by Missouri's former attorney general and current U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt, asserting that the government's contact with social media services to request removal of alleged misinformation was a violation of free speech and amounted to censoring conservative views and criticism of President Joe Biden's administration. On July 4, 2023, Judge Terry A. Doughty issued a preliminary injunction against several agencies and members of the Biden administration from contacting social media services to request the blocking of material, with exceptions for material involving illegal activity. The U.S. government has appealed the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit granted a stay of Doughty's injunction on July 14, 2023. [excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_v._Biden]Center of Main Interests is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Center of Main Interests at tallymindywiener.substack.com/subscribe

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Official bankruptcy court hearing audio recording from the bankruptcy in the Northern District of California filed on behalf of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, Case Number 2023-40523. For official recordings of bankruptcy court hearings and other filings docketed in the bankruptcy proceedings, there is a free publicly accessible website: https://www.kccllc.net/rcbo Per the Los Angeles Times: Catholic diocese in Oakland files for bankruptcy in the face of decades-old sex abuse claims BY NOAH GOLDBERGSTAFF WRITER MAY 8, 2023 10:53 AM PT Facing hundreds of lawsuits over sexual abuse claims, the Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the diocese, saying he hopes to “stabilize” the church’s finances and provide “just compensation” for victims. “It is important we take responsibility for the damage done so we can all move beyond this moment and provide survivors with some measure of peace,” Bishop Michael C. Barber said of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “Sadly, for many, the pain caused by these horrific sins, no matter when they occurred, will never wash away, which is why we offer support to survivors and pray for their continued healing.” [For the rest of the article access https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/catholic-church-files-for-bankruptcy-in-oakland-of-decade]Center of Main Interests is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Center of Main Interests at tallymindywiener.substack.com/subscribe

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Official bankruptcy court hearing audio recording from the bankruptcy in the Northern District of California filed on behalf of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, Case Number 2023-40523. For official recordings of bankruptcy court hearings and other filings docketed in the bankruptcy proceedings, there is a free publicly accessible website: https://www.kccllc.net/rcbo Per the Los Angeles Times: Catholic diocese in Oakland files for bankruptcy in the face of decades-old sex abuse claims BY NOAH GOLDBERGSTAFF WRITER MAY 8, 2023 10:53 AM PT Facing hundreds of lawsuits over sexual abuse claims, the Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the diocese, saying he hopes to “stabilize” the church’s finances and provide “just compensation” for victims. “It is important we take responsibility for the damage done so we can all move beyond this moment and provide survivors with some measure of peace,” Bishop Michael C. Barber said of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “Sadly, for many, the pain caused by these horrific sins, no matter when they occurred, will never wash away, which is why we offer support to survivors and pray for their continued healing.” [For the rest of the article access https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/catholic-church-files-for-bankruptcy-in-oakland-of-decade]Center of Main Interests is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Center of Main Interests at tallymindywiener.substack.com/subscribe

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Official bankruptcy court hearing audio recording from the bankruptcy in the Northern District of California filed on behalf of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, Case Number 2023-40523. For official recordings of bankruptcy court hearings and other filings docketed in the bankruptcy proceedings, there is a free publicly accessible website: https://www.kccllc.net/rcbo Per the Los Angeles Times: Catholic diocese in Oakland files for bankruptcy in the face of decades-old sex abuse claims BY NOAH GOLDBERGSTAFF WRITER MAY 8, 2023 10:53 AM PT Facing hundreds of lawsuits over sexual abuse claims, the Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the diocese, saying he hopes to “stabilize” the church’s finances and provide “just compensation” for victims. “It is important we take responsibility for the damage done so we can all move beyond this moment and provide survivors with some measure of peace,” Bishop Michael C. Barber said of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “Sadly, for many, the pain caused by these horrific sins, no matter when they occurred, will never wash away, which is why we offer support to survivors and pray for their continued healing.” [For the rest of the article access https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/catholic-church-files-for-bankruptcy-in-oakland-of-decade]Center of Main Interests is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Center of Main Interests at tallymindywiener.substack.com/subscribe

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Official bankruptcy court hearing audio recording from the bankruptcy in the Northern District of California filed on behalf of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, Case Number 2023-40523. For official recordings of bankruptcy court hearings and other filings docketed in the bankruptcy proceedings, there is a free publicly accessible website: https://www.kccllc.net/rcbo Per the Los Angeles Times: Catholic diocese in Oakland files for bankruptcy in the face of decades-old sex abuse claims BY NOAH GOLDBERGSTAFF WRITER MAY 8, 2023 10:53 AM PT Facing hundreds of lawsuits over sexual abuse claims, the Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland filed for bankruptcy on behalf of the diocese, saying he hopes to “stabilize” the church’s finances and provide “just compensation” for victims. “It is important we take responsibility for the damage done so we can all move beyond this moment and provide survivors with some measure of peace,” Bishop Michael C. Barber said of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “Sadly, for many, the pain caused by these horrific sins, no matter when they occurred, will never wash away, which is why we offer support to survivors and pray for their continued healing.” [For the rest of the article access https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/catholic-church-files-for-bankruptcy-in-oakland-of-decade]Center of Main Interests is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Center of Main Interests at tallymindywiener.substack.com/subscribe

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