{"id":"court_ctb_3264_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3264,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re:\n\nChapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al*.,1\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.\n\nRE: ECF Nos. 923 and 3213\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n## **ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE TO (I) MODIFY OCTOBER 6, 2022 PROTECTIVE ORDER ENTERED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 105 AND 107 OF BANKRUPTCY CODE AND FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 26(C) AND THE STIPULATED ADDENDUM TO THE PROTECTIVE ORDER; AND (II) REDESIGNATE BANK STATEMENTS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED** \"**HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL\" AS \"CONFIDENTIAL\"**\n\nUPON CONSIDERATION OF the *Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to (I) Modify October*\n\n*6, 2022 Protective Order [ECF No. 923] Entered Pursuant to Sections 105 and 107 of Title 11 of*\n\n*the United States Code and Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Stipulated*\n\n*Addendum to the Protective Order; and (II) Redesignate Bank Statements Previously Designated*\n\n*\"Highly Confidential\"* (the \"Motion\"),<sup>2</sup> the Motion having been filed in accordance with the\n\nCourts Contested Matter Procedure, D. Conn Bankr. L.R. 9014-1, and no objection or responses\n\nto the Motion having been filed, and good cause having been shown, and the relief provided\n\nherein being narrowly tailored to serve the foregoing purposes, it is by the Court, hereby\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n<sup>2</sup> Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Motion.\n\nORDERED, that the Motion is granted as set forth herein; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that the Protective Order previously entered by this Court on October 6,\n\n2022 [ECF No. 923] is modified as follows:\n\n- The following language is added to the end of paragraph 5(b) of the Protective Order: \"Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, account statements, ACH and wire transfer records, check copies, and similar records created by financial institutions to memorialize account balances and transactions (collectively, 'Bank Statements') do not pose a risk of personal safety, identity theft, or competitive injury sufficient to warrant the heightened restrictions applicable to Discovery Material designated 'Highly Confidential.' Absent further order of the Court, Bank Statements shall not be designated as 'Highly Confidential' under this Order.\"\n- The following language is deleted from paragraph 9(b) of the Protective Order: \"subject to the Producing Party's consent, not to be unreasonably withheld. For the avoidance of doubt, Producing Party for purposes of providing or withholding consent to receive or review Designated Material pursuant to paragraphs 9, 10, and 18 shall include an individual or entity to the extent of (i) documents produced by the individual's or entities' current or former professional firms and (ii) documents produced by financial institutions relating to accounts of the individual or entity\";\n- The following language is deleted from paragraph 10(a)(iii) of the Protective Order \", subject to the Producing Party's consent, not to be unreasonably withheld\";\n- The following language is deleted from paragraph 10(b) of the Protective Order \", subject to the Producing Party's consent, not to be unreasonably withheld,\" ; and\n- The following language is deleted from paragraph 18 of the Protective Order \", with the receipt of such Designated Material subject to the Producing Party's consent, not to be unreasonably withheld.\"\n\nThe Protective Order, as modified by this Order, is attached hereto as **Exhibit 1** to this Order. A\n\nredlined document highlighting the modifications to the Protective Order originally entered on\n\nOctober 6 is attached hereto as **Exhibit 2**; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that to the extent that Paragraphs 3 and 9 of the P.O. Addendum provided that absent further Order of the Court, only those persons and entities specified in Paragraph 10 of the Protective Order could have access to Discovery Material or Confidential Records produced by the FDIC-Receiver, this Order amends the P.O. Addendum to permit the disclosure of Bank Statements produced by the FDIC-Receiver to persons and entities specified in Paragraph 9 of the Protective Order under the amended terms and conditions adopted herein; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that all Bank Statements produced prior to the entry of this Order and designated \"Highly Confidential\" under the Protective Order and/or the P.O. Addendum, shall be redesignated as \"Confidential,\" *provided, however,* such redesignation shall not apply to the Capital One Carve-Out Document; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that within twenty-one (21) days of the entry of this Order, any Producing Party that has produced Bank Statements designated \"Highly Confidential\" shall redesignate such Bank Statements \"Confidential\" (by specific reference to the Bates numbers of redesignated documents) and, in the absence of such redesignation, the Receiving Party, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine which documents produced by the Producing Party were Bank Statements and may consider such documents designated \"Confidential\" instead of \"Highly Confidential,\" and it is further\n\nORDERED, that to the extent that a Producing Party redesignates documents pursuant to this Order and a Receiving Party disagrees with the extent of the redesignation, the Receiving Party may seek relief from the Court; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that for the avoidance of doubt, except for Bank Statements redesignated pursuant to this Order, the modifications approved by this Order do not waive any previous\n\nconfidentiality designation made pursuant to the original Protective Order entered on October 6, 2022 and/or the P.O. Addendum, or give permission to disclose Designated Material publicly; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, solely with respect to Designated Material (the \"UBS Material\") produced by UBS AG (\"UBS\") which a Receiving Party intends to share with other persons pursuant to paragraphs 9(b), 10(a), 10(b), or 18 of the Protective Order (as amended): (a) prior to sharing the UBS Material, the Receiving Party shall provide UBS with five (5) business days advance notice (via email to counsel for UBS) (the \"UBS Notice Period\") identifying (i) the UBS Material to be shared and (ii) the recipient(s); (b) if UBS does not consent to the sharing of the UBS Material as proposed by the Receiving Party, UBS may file a motion in the Chapter 11 Case during the UBS Notice Period requesting that the proposed disclosure be modified or not permitted, any response to such motion shall be filed within five (5) business days of the filing of the motion, and the motion shall be considered by the Court on an expedited basis (subject to the Court's schedule); and (c) in the absence of a motion by UBS opposing the proposed disclosure, the Receiving Party may share the UBS Material in a manner consistent with its notice to UBS upon the earlier of (i) UBS consenting to the proposed disclosure or (ii) the expiration of the UBS Notice Period; and it is further\n\nORDERED, to the extent that information subject to this Order that was previously designated (or will be designated) as Confidential or Highly Confidential under the Protective Order and/or the P.O. Addendum may be subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, *et al*., this Order constitutes an order of a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing the disclosure of such information to those persons specified in paragraph 9 of the Protective Order, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(11) and 12 C.F.R § 310.10(b); and it is further\n\nORDERED, that the terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that the Trustee is authorized to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted herein; and it is further\n\nORDERED, that the Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the interpretation or implementation of this Order.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 20th day of June, 2024.\n\n*Juli* **'L'Mr** *IN1.ning\\_ '/J11ite,{ S ptcy Judge 'lJistr t {cut*","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n关于：\n\n第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，1\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n\n关于：ECF 编号 923 及 3213\n\n（合并审理）\n\n批准第 11 章受托人关于以下事项动议的裁定：(I) 修改依据《破产法典》第 105 条和第 107 条及《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(c) 条作出的 2022 年 10 月 6 日保护令以及该保护令的约定附录；以及 (II) 将先前被指定为“高度机密”的银行对账单重新指定为“机密”\n\n经审议第 11 章受托人关于 (I) 修改依据《美国法典》第 11 编第 105 条和第 107 条及《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(c) 条作出的 2022 年 10 月 6 日保护令 [ECF 编号 923] 以及该保护令约定附录；以及 (II) 重新指定先前被指定为“高度机密”的银行对账单的动议（简称“动议”），2 鉴于该动议已根据本法院争议事项程序（《康涅狄格区破产法院本地规则》第 9014-1 条）提交，且未有针对该动议的异议或答复被提交，并已证明有充分理由，且本裁定所提供的救济系为达到前述目的而作出的严格限定，本法院特此\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称为郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n2 本裁定中使用但未另行定义的首字母大写术语具有动议中规定的含义。\n\n裁定：本动议按本裁定规定予以批准；并进一步\n\n裁定：本法院先前于 2022 年 10 月 6 日作出的保护令 [ECF 编号 923] 修改如下：\n\n- 在保护令第 5(b) 段末尾增加以下表述：“尽管本保护令中有任何相反规定，金融机构为记录账户余额和交易而生成的账户对账单、ACH 及电汇记录、支票副本以及类似记录（统称‘银行对账单’）并不构成足以要求适用适用于被指定为‘高度机密’的开示材料的更高限制的人身安全、身份盗窃或竞争损害风险。在法院另有裁定之前，银行对账单不得根据本命令被指定为‘高度机密’。”\n- 从保护令第 9(b) 段中删除以下表述：“须经提供方同意，该同意不得被无理拒绝。为免生疑问，就根据第 9、10 和 18 段提供或拒绝同意接收或审查指定材料而言，提供方应包括个人或实体，其范围限于 (i) 该个人或实体的现有或前专业机构所提供的文件，以及 (ii) 金融机构所提供的与该个人或实体账户相关的文件”；\n- 从保护令第 10(a)(iii) 段中删除以下表述：“，须经提供方同意，该同意不得被无理拒绝”；\n- 从保护令第 10(b) 段中删除以下表述：“，须经提供方同意，该同意不得被无理拒绝，”；以及\n- 从保护令第 18 段中删除以下表述：“，且接收该等指定材料须经提供方同意，该同意不得被无理拒绝。”\n\n经本裁定修改的保护令作为附件 1 附于本裁定。标明对最初于 10 月 6 日作出的保护令所作修改的红线修订文件作为附件 2 附于本裁定；并进一步\n\n裁定：在保护令附录第 3 段和第 9 段规定除法院另有裁定外，仅保护令第 10 段指定的个人和实体方可查阅 FDIC-Receiver（联邦存款保险公司作为接管人）所提供的开示材料或机密记录的范围内，本裁定修改该保护令附录，以允许在本文采纳的修改后条款和条件下，向保护令第 9 段指定的个人和实体披露由 FDIC-Receiver 所提供的银行对账单；并进一步\n\n裁定：在本裁定作出之前提供的、且根据保护令及/或保护令附录被指定为“高度机密”的所有银行对账单，均应被重新指定为“机密”，但该重新指定不适用于 Capital One Carve-Out Document（第一资本排除文件）；并进一步\n\n裁定：自本裁定作出之日起二十一 (21) 日内，任何提供了被指定为“高度机密”的银行对账单的提供方，均应将该等银行对账单重新指定为“机密”（通过具体指明重新指定文件的 Bates 编号），若未进行该等重新指定，接收方可依其唯一且绝对的酌情权确定提供方提供的哪些文件属于银行对账单，并可将该等文件视为被指定为“机密”而非“高度机密”；并进一步\n\n裁定：在提供方依据本裁定重新指定文件而接收方对重新指定的范围存有异议的范围内，接收方可向法院申请救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：为免生疑问，除依据本裁定重新指定的银行对账单外，本裁定批准的修改并不构成对依据 2022 年 10 月 6 日作出的原保护令及/或保护令附录所作出的任何先前机密性指定的放弃，亦未给予公开披露指定材料的许可；并进一步\n\n裁定：尽管本裁定中有任何相反规定，仅针对 UBS AG（瑞银集团，简称“UBS”）所提供、且接收方拟依据修改后的保护令第 9(b)、10(a)、10(b) 或 18 段与其他人员共享的指定材料（简称“UBS 材料”）：(a) 在共享该 UBS 材料之前，接收方应提前五 (5) 个工作日向 UBS 发出通知（通过电子邮件发送给 UBS 的代理律师）（简称“UBS 通知期”），指明 (i) 拟共享的 UBS 材料以及 (ii) 接收人；(b) 若 UBS 不同意接收方拟议的 UBS 材料共享，UBS 可在 UBS 通知期内在第 11 章案件中提交动议，请求修改或不准许拟议的披露，对该动议的任何答复应在动议提交后五 (5) 个工作日内提交，且法院将对该动议进行加急审理（视法院日程安排而定）；以及 (c) 在 UBS 未提交反对拟议披露的动议的情况下，接收方可在 (i) UBS 同意拟议披露或 (ii) UBS 通知期届满（以较早发生者为准）后，以符合其向 UBS 所发通知的方式共享该 UBS 材料；并进一步\n\n裁定：在受本裁定约束、先前依据保护令及/或保护令附录被指定（或将被指定）为“机密”或“高度机密”的信息可能受《1974 年隐私法案》（《美国法典》第 5 编第 552a 条等）管辖的范围内，本裁定构成具备管辖权的法院作出的命令，依据《美国法典》第 5 编第 552a(b)(11) 条及《联邦法规汇编》第 12 编第 310.10(b) 条，授权向保护令第 9 段指定的该等人员披露该等信息；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定的条款与条件自作出之日起立即生效并具有可执行性；并进一步\n\n裁定：受托人获授权采取一切必要行动以落实本裁定所准予的救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：本法院保留对由本裁定的解释或执行所引起的或与之相关的所有事项的管辖权。\n\n日期：2024 年 6 月 20 日，于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。\n\nJulie A. Manning，美国康涅狄格区破产法官","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":923,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1369,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:51:06"}