New York Bankruptcy Court Flexes Global Muscle

On 4May 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed a 2011 Bankruptcy Court ruling, which enjoined a lawsuit in the Cayman Islands against a Chapter 11 debtor. The case of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC v. Maxam Absolute Return Fund, et al., arises in the Bernie Madoff SIPA liquidation and Chapter 11 proceedings, where the aftermath of the massive Madoff fraud is playing out.