{"id":"court_ctb_994_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":994,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-10-17","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------------X              |                                                                 |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| In re:                                                                          | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11                                            |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,                                                            | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)                               |\n| Debtors.1<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------X | :<br>:<br>(Jointly Administered)<br>:<br>:<br>Ref. Dkt. No. 974 |\n|                                                                                 |                                                                 |\n\n## **NOTICE OF REVISED PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENTS' URGENT MOTION IN AID OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER REGARDING RULE 2004 SUBPOENAED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION**\n\n **PLEASE TAKE NOTICE** that on October 14, 2022, Brown Rudnick LLP (\"Brown Rudnick\") and Verdolino & Lowey P.C. (\"VLPC,\" with Brown Rudnick, the \"Respondents\"), filed the *Respondents' Urgent Motion in Aid of Compliance with Order Regarding Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information* [Docket No. 974] (the \"Compliance Motion\").\n\n**PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE** that on October 17, 2022 a hearing (the\n\n\"Hearing\") regarding the Compliance Motion was held.\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><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) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee and the Genever Debtor 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**PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE** that attached hereto as **Exhibit A** is a revised\n\nproposed order approving the Compliance Motion, reflecting comments made at the Hearing. This\n\nform of order has been circulated and approved by the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Debtor.\n\nDated: October 17, 2022\n\n#### **BROWN RUDNICK LLP**\n\nBy: /s/ *William R. Baldiga*  BROWN RUDNICK LLP 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103 Attn: Dylan Kletter, Esq. Telephone: (860) 509-6500 Facsimile: (860) 509-6653 Email: dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square New York, NY 10036 Attn: William R. Baldiga, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Bennett S. Silverberg, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Jeffrey L. Jonas, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Telephone: (212) 209-4800 Facsimile: (212) 209-4801 Email: wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com jjonas@brownrudnick.com\n\n# **EXHIBIT A**\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------X In re: Ho Wan Kwok, Debtor.[1](#page-3-0) : : : : : : : : Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) --------------------------------------------------------------------X\n\n## **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENTS' URGENT MOTION IN AID OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER REGARDING 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. (the \"Respondents\") 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. After 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, which the Court initially granted as set forth in its *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* (the \"Production Order\") [Docket No. 962].\n\nOn October 14, 2022, the Respondents filed their motion seeking, among other things, clarification of the Production Order (the \"Clarification Motion\") [Docket No. 974]. The Court held a hearing with respect to the Clarification Motion on October 17, 2022. Upon consideration of the Motion and the Clarification Motion, it is hereby:\n\n**ORDERED**: The Motion and the Clarification Motion are granted as set forth below. Certain relief with respect to the Clarification Motion is entered upon consent as expressly set forth below; and it is further\n\n<span id=\"page-3-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\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 17, 2022, Brown Rudnick LLP is authorized and shall produce to the Trustee all documents responsive to the Rule 2004 subpoena subject to the Debtor's existing privilege log discussed on the record during the October 13, 2022 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 October 12, 2022; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: Respondents' production of responsive documents directly to the Chapter 11 Trustee as referenced herein and in the Production Order does not and shall not violate their respective legal and ethical obligations to the Debtor, whatever such obligations may be. Such production shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege held by the Debtor, Brown Rudnick, or VLPC or of any rights of the foregoing under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). The Debtor has consented to the relief provided in this paragraph; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: The Debtor may exercise all applicable rights under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) to seek to claw back any document produced by Brown Rudnick LLP and/or Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. to the Chapter 11 Trustee 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 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) shall otherwise apply in all respects to such assertion; 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**: Brown Rudnick LLP and/or Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 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 its further\n\n**ORDERED**: This Order shall replace and supersede the Production Order in all respects; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**: This Order is immediately enforceable.\n\nDated: , 2022\n\nJulie A. Manning, United States Bankruptcy Judge\n\n### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on October 17, 2022, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed and served electronically via the Court's CM/ECF System upon those parties who are registered to receive electronic notice.\n\n /s/ William R. Baldiga\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ William R. Baldiga\n\n64864964 v1-WorkSiteUS-038210/0001","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案件：\n第 11 章\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等，\n案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1\n-----------------------------------------------------------------X\n（联合审理）\n参考案卷编号：974\n\n关于准予被申请人协助遵守关于第 2004 条传票文件和信息之命令的紧急动议的修改后拟议裁定的通知\n\n请注意，2022年10月14日，Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所，简称「Brown Rudnick」）与 Verdolino & Lowey P.C.（简称「VLPC」，与 Brown Rudnick 合称「被申请人」）提交了《被申请人协助遵守关于第 2004 条传票文件和信息之命令的紧急动议》[案卷编号：974]（简称「合规动议」）。\n\n另请注意，2022年10月17日举行了关于合规动议的听证会（简称「听证会」）。\n\n1 本案各第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称 Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（税务识别号后四位：9595）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation（建平控股公司）。受托人与 Genever 债务人的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于通知与通讯目的）。\n\n另请注意，随附于此的附件 A 为批准合规动议的修改后拟议裁定，其中体现了听证会上提出的意见。该裁定格式已传阅并获得第 11 章受托人及债务人的批准。\n\n日期：2022年10月17日\nBROWN RUDNICK LLP\n\n签署人：/s/ William R. Baldiga\nBROWN RUDNICK LLP\n185 Asylum Street\nHartford, CT 06103\n收件人：Dylan Kletter 律师\n电话：(860) 509-6500\n传真：(860) 509-6653\n电子邮箱：dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n收件人：William R. Baldiga 律师（特许临时执业）\n收件人：Bennett S. Silverberg 律师（特许临时执业）\n收件人：Jeffrey L. Jonas 律师（特许临时执业）\n电话：(212) 209-4800\n传真：(212) 209-4801\n电子邮箱：wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com\nbsilverberg@brownrudnick.com\njjonas@brownrudnick.com\n\n附件 A\n\nUnited 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--------------------------------------------------------------------X\n案件：Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵），债务人。[1]\n第 11 章\n案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n--------------------------------------------------------------------X\n\n[拟议] 准予被申请人协助遵守关于第 2004 条传票文件和信息之命令的紧急动议的裁定\n\n2022年9月30日，第 11 章受托人提交了一项动议（简称「动议」，ECF 编号：898），请求作出裁定，授权 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所）与 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C.（简称「被申请人」）出示第 2004 条传票所要求的文件和信息，并执行本法院的《关于控制与第 2004 条传票文件和信息相关的律师-当事人保密特权及工作成果保护的同意裁定》[ECF 编号：856]（简称「特权裁定」）。关于该动议的听证会于2022年10月13日举行。在审议了动议、债务人对动议的异议（ECF 编号：939）、对债务人异议的答复（ECF 编号：949）以及听证会期间提出的主张后，基于记录在案的理由，鉴于存在不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本地规则》和《美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院破产诉讼本地规则》以及特权裁定的情形，存在充分理由准予本裁定中所述的救济，本法院此前已在其《准予作出授权遵守第 2004 条传票并执行关于控制与第 2004 条传票文件和信息相关的律师-当事人保密特权及工作成果保护的同意裁定的动议的裁定》（简称「出示裁定」）[案卷编号：962] 中初步予以准许。\n\n2022年10月14日，被申请人提交了请求对出示裁定予以澄清等事项的动议（简称「澄清动议」）[案卷编号：974]。本法院于2022年10月17日就澄清动议举行了听证会。经审议动议和澄清动议，特此：\n\n裁定：动议和澄清动议按下文所述予以准予。关于澄清动议的某些救济是放下文明确所述经同意而作出的；并进一步\n\n1 债务人以下列姓名为人所知：郭文贵（Guo Wengui）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\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出示对第 2004 条传票作出回应的所有申请后文件，但须受听证会期间记录在案讨论的债务人现有特权清单的约束，Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 已在听证会前将这些文件提供给债务人；并进一步\n\n裁定：在2022年10月17日下午5:00或之前，Brown Rudnick LLP 获授权并应向受托人出示对第 2004 条传票作出回应的所有文件，但须受2022年10月13日听证会期间记录在案讨论的债务人现有特权清单的约束，无论 Brown Rudnick LLP 是否在听证会前将这些文件提供给债务人；并进一步\n\n裁定：在2022年10月18日下午5:00或之前，债务人应将2022年10月12日向第 11 章受托人出示的现有特权清单提交至本案案卷；并进一步\n\n裁定：被申请人按照本裁定及出示裁定所述直接向第 11 章受托人出示所要求的文件，并不违反且不得视为违反其各自对债务人承担的法律和职业道德义务（无论该等义务为何）。此类出示不得被视为放弃债务人、Brown Rudnick 或 VLPC 享有的任何特权，亦不得被视为放弃上述各方在《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条项下的任何权利。债务人已同意本段规定的救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：债务人可行使《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条项下的所有适用权利，以寻求追回 Brown Rudnick LLP 及/或 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 向第 11 章受托人出示的任何文件，并在特权裁定第 7 段允许的范围内对任何此类文件主张特权，且《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条在各方面均适用于此类主张；并进一步\n\n裁定：凡债务人根据《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主张受特权或保护的任何文件，均应在债务人发出书面通知后两日内记录在提供给受托人的特权清单中，并提交至本案案卷；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请求就有关债务人对任何文件主张特权或保护的任何争议作出裁判的权利；并进一步\n\n裁定：Brown Rudnick LLP 及/或 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 负有持续义务，应根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(e) 条向第 11 章受托人出示对第 2004 条传票作出回应的任何信息；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定在各方面均应取代并废除出示裁定；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定即时生效并具有执行力。\n\n日期：2022年    月    日\n\nJulie A. Manning，美国破产法官\n\n送达证明\n\n我特此证明，2022年10月17日，上述文件的真实正确副本已通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统以电子方式向注册接收电子通知的各方当事人进行了提交和送达。\n\n/s/ William R. Baldiga\nWilliam R. Baldiga\n\n64864964 v1-WorkSiteUS-038210/0001","key_entities":["Kwok","Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":856,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":898,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":939,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":949,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":974,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1299,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-10-17 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-10-17","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:52:42"}