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On June 28th, the Bankruptcy Court overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's broker-dealer ruled that investors in funds that in turn invested with Madoff are not claimants within the meaning of the Securities Investor Protection Act
On September 14th, a Bankruptcy Court entered partial summary judgment in favor of defendants, brokerages through whom the debtor conducted a fraudulent stock lending scheme
On March 1st, the bankruptcy court overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings and SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities upheld the SIPC trustee's method for determining the net equity held by the victims of Madoff's fraud
