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Judge in Alex Jones’s bankruptcy to hear arguments on The Onion’s bid for Infowars

Jones alleges fraud and collusion marred the bankruptcy auction in which The Onion was named the winning bidder

The Independent UK

Judge in Alex Jones' bankruptcy to hear arguments on The Onion's bid for Infowars

A federal judge in Texas is set to hold a hearing on whether the satirical news outlet The Onion made a valid bid for the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The Independent UK

Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion's auction bid on Infowars

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars

The Independent UK

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Alex Jones Claims to Regain Control of Infowars from The Onion After 'Conspiracy to Rig Auction,' Says Sale 'Under Criminal Investigation

Alex Jones has claimed that Infowars will be "restored" to his control after a judge blocked The Onion's winning bid to acquire the company.

Latin Times

Texas Judge Blocks Onion from Buying Infowars, Questions Bidding Process: 'No One Should Feel Comfortable with the Results of This Auction'

A Texas judge blocked The Onion from purchasing Infowars and ordered a review of the auction process after the trustee could only choose from sealed bids.

Latin Times

Bankruptcy judge could pump the brakes on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars

The satire publication won a bid for the conspiracy theorist’s website and properties and a sale is underway

The Independent UK

Expert hired to help resolve New Orleans archdiocese bankruptcy faces FBI scrutiny

Mohsin Meghji’s conduct in a separate case raised ethics questions as ex-judge he was linked to faces investigation

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New Orleans archdiocese bankruptcy parties wary of turnaround expert after WSJ investigation

Mohsin Meghji drew scrutiny for behavior with bankruptcy judges in unrelated case involving drugmaker

The Guardian - US

Alex Jones' Infowars is about to be auctioned off in pieces

Proceeds will go toward paying what Alex Jones owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Fortune

Alex Jones’ InfoWars will be auctioned off to pay Sandy Hook families he defamed

The ruling has been called a “significant step forward” in making the conspiracy theorist pay families for his hoax lies.

The Independent UK

Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax

A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

The Independent UK

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets

A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets

The Independent UK

Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation

The Independent UK

Everything You Need To Know About the Bally Sports Bankruptcy

We detail the long struggle, as bankrupt subsidiary Diamond Sports Group fights to keep broadcaster Sinclair's big, ambitious, specularly unsuccessful regional sports networks play out of liquidation

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The Independent UK

Alex Jones owes the family of Sandy Hook victims $1.5 billion. He claims he can’t pay it

Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay only a fraction of the $1.5 billion in legal judgments they won against him

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

The Independent UK

Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax

The Independent UK

Judge: Diamond Sports must pay full value of contracts to Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins, Rangers

A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered Diamond Sports to pay the full value of its media contracts to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers

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Judge Blocks Gray-TV Suns/Mercury Broadcast Deal

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez agrees with Diamond Sports that deal violates contract

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Judge Joker? Court Blocks Phoenix Suns From Bolting Bally Sports for Gray TV Broadcast and Streaming Deal

Texas bankruptcy court overseeing Diamond Sports Group’s restructuring says the NBA franchise must first try to negotiate a new deal with Sinclair’s regional sports network subsidiary

Multichannel News

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: Judge Tells Diamond To Pay Half of What It Owes to MLB Clubs, Pending Restructure

Sinclair’s regional sports networks division failed to make TV rights payments to five Major League Baseball teams

Broadcasting & Cable

Bally Sports Bankruptcy: MLB Tells Judge, Unlike Diamond's RSNs, We're 'Not Going Anywhere'

One month into Diamond Sports Group's bankruptcy restructuring, the zingers start to fly as lawyers haggle over tens of millions of dollars of missing TV rights payments

The Independent UK

Judge allows Sandy Hook cases against Jones to proceed

A federal bankruptcy judge is allowing cases to move forward regarding the nearly $1.5 billion that Infowars host Alex Jones has been ordered to pay Sandy Hook families

The Independent UK

$1B judgment against Alex Jones not the final word

The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre bought long-sought relief to family members and hopes the eye-popping figure would deter people from broadcasting falsehoods

The Independent UK

Alex Jones suffers blow in Infowars bankruptcy case as judge calls out ‘lack of transparency’ on finances

Bankruptcy judge blocked an attorney and a restructuring executive for Infowars’ parent company over conflict of interest

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