Re: Irving Picard's Motion To Dismiss The Complaint Filed By Helen Chaitman.
My last, four part post said I had been informed that Judge Lifland, who is presiding over the Madoff matter in the Bankruptcy Court, had rejected Helen Chaitman's requested briefing schedule. Apparently, even if this is true, it is irrelevant as a practical matter. For a few days ago, I obtained a motion and brief filed by the Trustee on July 17th seeking dismissal of the complaint filed by Chaitman; the motion says a reply brief is due from Chaitman on August 17th and a hearing will be held on August 25th. This schedule is not terribly different from what Chaitman wanted, if I remember correctly. Something called "Objections," the Trustee said, are due on August 10th; as best that our librarian and I can figure out, objections are filed by others than the Trustee or Chaitman (acting for her clients).
Some of what the Trustee's brief says was contained in David Sheehan's threatening letter to Chaitman discussed in the four-part prior post. I shall not reiterate those points, except briefly if and where necessary. What shall largely be done instead is to discuss, relatively briefly (at least for me), some additional points made by Picard in his brief.
Let me begin with a matter that leaps off the page. Picard's brief does not so much as mention matters that should be the determinants of net equity: the legislative history showing the purpose of SIPA, Congress' desire to protect legitimate expectations, the wording of the provisions of SIPA defining net equity, past statements by Harbeck and Wang that people will receive the securities shown on their statements -- even if the securities were never bought, or the New Times proceedings or opinions. The lack of any mention of these things is amazing to me.
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