{"id":"court_ctb_995_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":995,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT<br>DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT<br>BRIDGEPORT DIVISION<br>X |          |","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT<br>DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT<br>BRIDGEPORT DIVISION<br>X |          |                                                                |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| In re:<br>Ho Wan Kwok,                                                                |          | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11<br>:<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)<br>: |\n|                                                                                       | Debtor.1 | :<br>:<br>Re: ECF Nos. 962 and 974<br>:<br>X                   |\n\n## **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<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 at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 18th day of October, 2022.\n\n![](_page_1_Picture_12.jpeg)","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT（美国破产法院）\nDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（康涅狄格区）\nBRIDGEPORT DIVISION（布里奇波特分部）\nX\n\n关于：\nHo Wan Kwok（郭浩云），　:\n:\n第 11 章\n:\n:\n案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n:\n债务人。1　:\n:\n涉及：ECF 编号 962 及 974\n:\nX\n准予被申请人关于协助遵守涉及依据第 2004 条传票索取的文件及信息的裁定的紧急动议的裁定\n\n2022年9月30日，第 11 章受托人提交了一项动议（下称“该动议”，ECF No. 898），请求作出裁定，授权 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所）及 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C.（下称“被申请人”）提供依据第 2004 条传票索取的文件和信息，并强制执行法院的《关于依据第 2004 条传票索取的文件和信息相关的律师-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]（下称“《特权裁定》”）。该动议的听证会于2022年10月13日举行。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《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》以及美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院关于证据开示的《破产诉讼本地规则》和《特权裁定》的情况，有正当理由准予本裁定中规定的救济，法院最初在《准予作出授权遵守第 2004 条传票并强制执行关于依据第 2004 条传票索取的文件和信息相关的律师-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》（下称“《提供文件裁定》”）[Docket No. 962] 中准予了该项救济。\n\n2022年10月14日，被申请人提交了其动议，除其他事项外，请求对《提供文件裁定》进行澄清（下称“《澄清动议》”）[Docket No. 974]。法院于2022年10月17日就《澄清动议》举行了听证会。经审议该动议及《澄清动议》，特此：\n\n裁定：该动议和《澄清动议》如下文所述予以准予。关于《澄清动议》的某些救济是如下文明确规定的经同意作出的；并且进一步\n\n1 债务人以下列姓名/名称为人所知：Guo Wengui（郭文贵）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok（郭浩云）。\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符合第 2004 条传票要求的、受听证会期间记录在案讨论的债务人现有特权清单约束的所有申请后文件，该等文件由 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 在听证会前已提供给债务人；并且进一步\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提供符合第 2004 条传票要求的、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约束的所有文件，无论 Brown Rudnick LLP 在听证会前是否已将该等文件提供给债务人；并且进一步\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 章受托人提供的现有特权清单提交至本案的案卷中；并且进一步\n\n裁定：被申请人如本裁定及《提供文件裁定》所述直接向第 11 章受托人提供符合要求的文件，并不违反且不得违反其对债务人各自承担的法律和职业道德义务（无论该等义务为何）。此种提供文件行为不得被视为放弃债务人、Brown Rudnick 或 VLPC 所享有的任何特权，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) 条下的任何权利。债务人已同意本段规定的救济；并且进一步\n\n裁定：债务人可行使《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条下的所有适用权利，以寻求追回 Brown Rudnick LLP 和/或 Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. 向第 11 章受托人提供的任何文件，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；并且进一步\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并主张享有特权或受保护的任何文件，均应记录在向受托人提供的特权清单中，并在债务人发出书面通知后两天内提交至本案案卷；并且进一步\n\n裁定：依据《特权裁定》第 7 段，受托人或债务人均可随时利用其权利，请求对有关债务人对任何文件主张特权或保护的任何争议进行裁决；并且进一步\n\n裁定：Brown Rudnick LLP 和/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 章受托人提供符合第 2004 条传票要求的任何信息；并且进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定应在所有方面取代并废止《提供文件裁定》；并且进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定具有立即强制执行力。\n\n2022年10月18日签署于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Miles Guo"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":856,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":898,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":939,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":949,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":915,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:39:08"}