First paragraph answers the questions “who was involved?” and “what happened?” judge john dorsey of the us bankruptcy court approved the hiring of sullivan & cromwell, dismissed friedberg’s allegations against the law firm, and warren winter and richard brummond filed an emergency motion to prevent a hearing scheduled for friday from taking place. u.s. trustee andrew vera originally opposed the hiring of the law firm s&c due to the firm’s lack of timely disclosure about its ties to ryne miller and partner at s&c, andrew dietderich, amended his declaration to reflect that he informed the u.s. trustee on january 10, 2023 about the law firm’s lack of involvement with investigations concerning miller. ftx attorney james bromley expressed frustration regarding bankman-fried and friedberg’s use of twitter and a substack newsletter to cast doubt on information provided by the ftx restructuring team.
Second paragraph answers the questions “when did it happen?” and “where did it happen?” the events took place on january 10, 2023 when the u.s. trustee was informed of the law firm’s lack of involvement with investigations concerning miller, and on the same day, the emergency motion to prevent a hearing scheduled for friday was filed. the events took place in the us bankruptcy court.
Third paragraph answers the questions “how did it happen?” and “why did it happen?” judge dorsey approved the hiring of sullivan & cromwell and dismissed friedberg’s allegations against the law firm as “hearsay, innuendo, speculation, rumors, and certainly not something [he] would allow to be introduced into evidence.” ftx attorney james bromley expressed frustration regarding bankman-fried and friedberg’s use of twitter and a substack newsletter to cast doubt on information provided by the ftx restructuring team. miller told friedberg that it was important to channel business to s&c and that s&c partners andrew dietderich and mitchell eitel were his mentors and he would do anything to help them. bankman-fried and friedberg used twitter and a substack newsletter to cast doubt on information provided by the ftx restructuring team.
