{"id":"court_ctb_962_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":962,"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\nHO WAN KWOK, )\n\nDEBTOR. )\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n ) CASE No. 22-50073 (JAM) ) CHAPTER 11 \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ ) RE: ECF No. 898\n\n## **ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ENTRY OF ORDER AUTHORIZING COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2004 SUBPOENAS AND ENFORCING CONSENT ORDER REGARDING CONTROL OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND WORK PRODUCT PROTECTION RELATED TO RULE 2004 SUBPOENAED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION**\n\nOn September 30, 2022, the Chapter 11 Trustee filed a Motion (the \"Motion,\" ECF No. 898) seeking an order authorizing Brown Rudnick LLP and Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. to produce Rule 2004 subpoenaed documents and information and enforcing the Court's *Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information* [ECF No. 856] (the \"Privilege Order\"). A hearing on the Motion was held on October 13, 2022.\n\nAfter consideration of the Motion, the Debtor's Objection to the Motion, ECF No. 939, the Reply to the Debtor's Objection, ECF No. 949, and the arguments advanced during the hearing, for the reasons stated on the record, cause exists to grant relief as set forth in this Order due to a lack of compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Local Rules of Civil Procedure of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut governing discovery and the Privilege Order. Accordingly, it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED**: At or before 5:00 p.m. on October 14, 2022, Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. is authorized and shall produce to the Trustee all post-petition documents responsive to the Rule 2004 subpoena subject to the Debtor's existing privilege log discussed on the record during the hearing, which documents Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. provided to the Debtor prior to the hearing; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: At or before 5:00 p.m. on October 14, 2022, Brown Rudnick LLP is authorized and shall produce to the Trustee all post-petition documents responsive to the Rule 2004 subpoena subject to the Debtor's existing privilege log discussed on the record during the hearing, regardless of whether Brown Rudnick LLP provided the documents to the Debtor prior to the hearing; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: At or before 5:00 p.m. on October 18, 2022, the Debtor shall file on the docket of this case the existing privilege log that was produced to the Chapter 11 Trustee on\n\nOctober 12, 2022; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: The Debtor may exercise his rights under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) to provide written notice to the Chapter 11 Trustee regarding any document produced by Brown Rudnick LLP and/or Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. and to assert privilege over any such document to the extent he is permitted to do so in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Privilege Order; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Any document which the Debtor provides written notice to the Chapter 11 Trustee under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) that the Debtor claims is subject to privilege or protection shall be logged in a privilege log provided to the Trustee and filed on the docket of this case within two days of the Debtor's written notice; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Pursuant to paragraph 7 of the Privilege Order, either the Trustee or Debtor may avail itself of its right to request adjudication of any dispute concerning the Debtor's claim of privilege or protection over any document at any time; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. and Brown Rudnick LLP have a continuing obligation to produce to the Chapter 11 Trustee any information responsive to Rule 2004 subpoenas in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e); and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: This Order is immediately enforceable.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 13th day of October, 2022.","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n\n债务人。\n\n____________________________________\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n第 11 章\n____________________________________\n涉及：ECF No. 898\n\n批准签发授权遵守《第2004条传票》并执行关于涉及《第2004条传票所调取文件及信息》的律师-委托人保密特权及工作成果保护控制权的同意裁定的动议的裁定\n\n2022年9月30日，第11章受托人提交了一项动议（以下简称“该动议”，ECF No. 898），请求法院下达命令，授权 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所）及 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 提供《第2004条传票》所调取的文件和信息，并执行本法院《关于涉及第2004条传票所调取文件及信息的律师-委托人保密特权及工作成果保护控制权的同意裁定》[ECF No. 856]（以下简称“特权裁定”）。该动议的听证会已于2022年10月13日举行。\n\n在审议了该动议、债务人对该动议的异议（ECF No. 939）、对债务人异议的答辩（ECF No. 949）以及在听证会期间提出的主张后，基于庭审记录中陈述的理由，由于未遵守管辖证据开示的《联邦民事诉讼规则》、《联邦破产诉讼规则》、《美国康涅狄格区联邦地区法院民事诉讼地方规则》、《美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院破产诉讼地方规则》以及《特权裁定》，存在充足理由准予本裁定中规定的救济。因此，特此\n\n裁定：在2022年10月14日下午5:00或之前，Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 获授权并应向受托人提供对《第2004条传票》作出响应的所有破产申请后文件，但须受听证会庭审记录中讨论的债务人现有特权清单之约束，该等文件由 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 在听证会前已提供给债务人；并进一步\n\n裁定：在2022年10月14日下午5:00或之前，Brown Rudnick LLP 获授权并应向受托人提供对《第2004条传票》作出响应的所有破产申请后文件，但须受听证会庭审记录中讨论的债务人现有特权清单之约束，无论 Brown Rudnick LLP 在听证会前是否已将该等文件提供给债务人；并进一步\n\n裁定：在2022年10月18日下午5:00或之前，债务人应在本案卷宗中提交于2022年10月12日向第11章受托人提供的现有特权清单；并进一步\n\n裁定：债务人可行使其在《联邦民事诉讼规则》第26(b)(5)(B)条下的权利，就 Brown Rudnick LLP 和/或 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 提供的任何文件向第11章受托人发出书面通知，并在依据《特权裁定》第7段允许的范围内对任何此类文件主张特权；并进一步\n\n裁定：债务人根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第26(b)(5)(B)条向第11章受托人发出书面通知并主张享有特权或保护的任何文件，均应记录在提供给受托人的特权清单中，并在债务人发出书面通知后的两天内提交至本案卷宗；并进一步\n\n裁定：根据《特权裁定》第7段，受托人或债务人均可在任何时候行使其权利，就债务人对任何文件主张特权或保护所产生的任何争议请求法院作出裁决；并进一步\n\n裁定：Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 和 Brown Rudnick LLP 负有持续义务，应根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第26(e)条向第11章受托人提供对《第2004条传票》作出响应的任何信息；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定具有立即执行力。\n\n2022年10月13日订于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":856,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":898,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":939,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":949,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":652,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:25:57"}