{"id":"court_ctb_3558_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3558,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2024-09-19","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":"远程出庭动议 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #3558（2024-09-19立案）。对抗程序被告 Agora Lab, Inc. 提请法院准许其代理律师 Alan H. Martin 与 Benjamin O. Gilbert 通过 Zoom 平台远程参加定于 2024 年 9 月 24 日举行的案件进展状态会议。","summary_en":"Motion for Remote Appearance — In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB Case No. 22-50073, ECF #3558 (filed Sep 19, 2024). Defendant Agora Lab, Inc. moves for an order permitting its counsel Alan H. Martin and Benjamin O. Gilbert to appear remotely via Zoom at the status conference scheduled for September 24, 2024.","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,\n\nDebtors.\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n## **MOTION TO PERMIT COUNSEL FOR AGORA LAB, INC. TO APPEAR REMOTELY AT THE SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 STATUS CONFERENCE**\n\nAgora Lab, Inc. (\"Agora\") moves to allow its counsel, Alan H. Martin and Benjamin O. Gilbert of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, to appear remotely via the Court's Zoom platform at the status conference set for September 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. E.T. (the \"Status Conference\") to discuss, among other things, the mediation and avoidance action procedures order and the mediation stay.\n\n1. Agora is the defendant in the adversary proceeding brought by chapter 11 trustee Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\") captioned *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Agora Lab, Inc.* Adv. Pro. No 24-05005. Agora was a signatory, together with other similarly situated defendants (collectively, the \"Joint Defendants\"), to the *Request for Status Conference* [ECF. No. 3511] (the \"Request for Status Conference\"), whereby the Joint Defendants requested a status conference with the Court to discuss matters of scheduling and efficiency concerning dispositive motion practice in connection with common legal issues across the adversary proceedings against the Joint Defendants as well as other adversary proceedings.\n\n2. On September 16, 2024, the Court granted the Joint Defendants' Request for Status Conference and scheduled the Status Conference to be held in the United States Bankruptcy Court, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, Connecticut [ECF No. 3532].\n\n3. The Status Conference could potentially address, among other things, scheduling and/or coordination among the Joint Defendants with respect to briefing threshold common legal issues and other common adjudicatory matters. As a signatory to the Request for Status Conference, it will likely be beneficial for Agora to understand and potentially join any procedural course of action discussed at, or resulting from, the Status Conference.\n\n4. Mr. Martin works out of Orange County, California and Mr. Gilbert works out of New York, New York. They intend to appear at the Status Conference, but given the considerable time and expense needed to travel to Bridgeport, Connecticut to appear at the Status Conference in person, they respectfully request that the Court permit them to participate via the Court's Zoom platform for the Status Conference.\n\nWHEREFORE, Agora respectfully requests that the Court allow Mr. Martin and Mr. Gilbert to participate remotely via the Court's Zoom platform for the Status Conference.\n\nDated: September 19, 2024\n\nBy: /s/ *Benjamin O. Gilbert*\n\nAlan H. Martin, Esq. California Bar No. 132301 (admitted pro hac vice) SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP 650 Town Center Drive, 10th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Telephone: (714) 513-5100 Facsimile: (714) 513-5130 AMartin@sheppardmullin.com\n\n-and-\n\nBenjamin O. Gilbert, Esq. New York Bar No. 5899372\n\n-2-\n\n(admitted pro hac vice) 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 39th Floor New York, NY 10112 Telephone: (212) 653-8700 Facsimile: (212) 653-8701 BOGilbert@sheppardmullin.com\n\n *Counsel to Agora Lab, Inc.*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI certify that on September 19, 2024, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to be filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF filing system, which will send notification of such filing to all attorneys of record.\n\nDated: September 19, 2024\n\n/s/ *Benjamin O. Gilbert* Benjamin O. Gilbert","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。\n\n第11章\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n（合并审理）\n\n准许 AGORA LAB, INC. 的代理律师远程出席 2024年9月24日 案件进展会议的动议\n\nAgora Lab, Inc.（下称「Agora」）提请动议，请求允许其代理律师，即来自 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP（谢尔曼·思特灵律师事务所/谢泼德·穆林律师事务所）的 Alan H. Martin（艾伦·H·马丁）与 Benjamin O. Gilbert（本杰明·O·吉尔伯特），通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程出席定于 2024年9月24日 东部时间下午1:00举行的案件进展会议（下称「进展会议」），以讨论调解与撤销权诉讼程序裁定以及调解中止等事项。\n\n1. Agora 是由第11章破产受托人 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯，下称「受托人」）提起的对抗性诉讼中的被告，该案案由为：Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Agora Lab, Inc.，对抗性诉讼案号：24-05005。Agora 与其他处于类似处境的被告（统称「共同被告」）共同签署了《关于召开案件进展会议的申请》[ECF. No. 3511]（下称「进展会议申请」），共同被告借此向法院申请召开案件进展会议，以讨论针对共同被告的对抗性诉讼及其他对抗性诉讼中涉及的共性法律问题，就其处置性动议实践的日程安排和效率事宜进行磋商。\n\n2. 2024年9月16日，法院批准了共同被告的进展会议申请，并安排进展会议在位于 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, Connecticut 的美国破产法院举行 [ECF No. 3532]。\n\n3. 进展会议可能探讨的事项包括：共同被告之间就门槛性共性法律问题提交书面答辩及其他共同审理事项的日程安排和/或协调配合。作为进展会议申请的签署方，了解并可能参与在进展会议上讨论的或由其产生的任何诉讼程序方案，对 Agora 而言可能是有利的。\n\n4. Martin 律师在加利福尼亚州橙县工作，Gilbert 律师在纽约州纽约市工作。他们拟出席进展会议，但鉴于前往康涅狄格州布里奇波特亲自出庭所需的相当多的时间和费用，他们谨请求法院允许他们通过法院的 Zoom 平台参加本次进展会议。\n\n综上所述，Agora 谨请求法院准许 Martin 律师和 Gilbert 律师通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程参加进展会议。\n\n日期：2024年9月19日\n\n签署人：/s/ Benjamin O. Gilbert\n\nAlan H. Martin 律师 加利福尼亚州执业律师证号：132301（获准特定个案临时执业） SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP 650 Town Center Drive, 10th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626 电话：(714) 513-5100 传真：(714) 513-5130 AMartin@sheppardmullin.com\n\n-以及-\n\nBenjamin O. Gilbert 律师 纽约州执业律师证号：5899372\n\n-2-\n\n（获准特定个案临时执业） 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 39th Floor New York, NY 10112 电话：(212) 653-8700 传真：(212) 653-8701 BOGilbert@sheppardmullin.com\n\nAgora Lab, Inc. 代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n本人特此证明，于 2024年9月19日，本人使用 CM/ECF 电子立案系统向法院书记官提交了上述文件的真实正确副本，该系统将向所有在案记录律师发送该提交的通知。\n\n日期：2024年9月19日\n\n/s/ Benjamin O. Gilbert Benjamin O. Gilbert","key_entities":["Despins","CIPA","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":3532,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":542,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-09-19 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-09-19","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:21:08"}