{"id":"court_ctb_998_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":998,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"RESPONSE","filed_date":null,"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| :<br>In re:<br>:                                        | Chapter 11              |\n| :<br>HO WAN KWOK,1<br>:<br>:                            | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtor.<br>:<br>:                                       |                         |\n| :                                                       |                         |\n| :<br>:                                                  |                         |\n| ------------------------------------------------------X |                         |\n\n#### **MOTION BY BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP FOR APPROVAL OF PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCTION IN RESPONSE TO SUBPOENA**\n\nBaker & Hostetler LLP (\"B&H\") hereby submits this motion (\"Motion\") requesting entry of an order, substantially in the form filed herewith**,** approving the procedure for production set forth herein relating to the *Consent Order Regarding Control of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection Related to Rule 2004 Subpoenaed Documents and Information* (Doc. No. 856) (the \"Privileges Consent Order\"). The Debtor consents to the relief requested in this Motion.\n\n### **BACKGROUND**\n\n1. Prior to the petition date, B&H represented the Debtor in the six lawsuits (the \"Pre-Petition Litigation\").<sup>2</sup> The Pre-Petition Litigation was stayed by the Debtor's filing of the abovecaptioned bankruptcy case.\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<sup>2</sup> The Pre-Petition Lawsuits are: (a) *Wu and Lan v. Kwok*, Index No. 152123/2018 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York; (b) *Tang and Geng v. Kwok et al.*, Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-09031-JFK in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; (c) *Fu v. Kwok et al.*, 7:20-cv-257-DC in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Midland/Odessa Division); (d) *Huang v. Kwok*, Index\n\n2. On or about August 22, 2022, the Chapter 11 Trustee (\"Trustee\") served B&H with a Rule 2004 Subpoena (Doc. No. 37, Ex. C-1) (the \"Subpoena\"). After the Subpoena was served, B&H exchanged multiple emails and had telephone conferences regarding the Subpoena with the Trustee's counsel and the Debtor's counsel, including regarding the parties' respective position on the meaning of the \"personal harm\" privilege retained by the Debtor under Paragraph 7 of the September 15, 2022 Privileges Consent Order.\n\n3. After conferring with the Trustee's counsel and receiving extensions to the initial Subpoena deadline, B&H timely served its response and objections to the Subpoena on October 10, 2022 (the \"Response Deadline\")<sup>3</sup> and is working diligently to review and produce documents by its extended production deadline of October 21, 2022 (the \"Production Deadline\"), to which the Trustee consented.\n\n4. B&H is working diligently to review and produce documents to the Trustee. As of the date of this Motion, B&H has more than fifty (50) professionals reviewing the approximately 60,000 documents that were identified as potentially responsive to the Subpoena using agreedupon search terms negotiated with the Trustee's counsel. B&H anticipates that the vast majority of responsive documents will be produced on the Production Deadline.\n\n# **PROPOSED PRODUCTION PROCEDURE**\n\n5. By this Motion, B&H respectfully requests entry of an order permitting B&H to produce documents responsive to the Subpoena to the Trustee and the Debtor in accordance with the Privileges Consent Order under the following procedure, to which the Debtor does not object:\n\nNo. 156552/2017 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York; (e) *Meng and Boxun Inc. v. Kwok*, Index No. 159636/2017 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York; and (f) *Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. v. Kwok et al.*, Index No. 652077/2017 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.\n\n<sup>3</sup> For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein is intended to waive or amend B&H's response to the Subpoena.\n\n- (i) B&H shall produce documents that B&H in good faith believes are not subject to Paragraph 7 of the Privileges Consent Order (the \"Non-Personal Harm Documents\") to the Trustee by the Production Deadline or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable following BH's identification of the same through the diligent efforts described herein.\n- (ii) B&H shall act in good faith to identify documents that may be subject to Paragraph 7 of the Privileges Consent Order (the \"Personal Harm Documents\") and provide that subset of documents to the Debtor by the Production Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable following BH's identification of the same through the diligent efforts described herein.\n- (iii) As between BH and the Debtor/the Debtor's bankruptcy counsel, the Debtor's bankruptcy counsel shall make the final determination as to whether documents identified by BH are Personal Harm Documents and shall promptly produce to the Trustee or withhold and identify on a privilege log the Personal Harm Documents in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Privileges Consent Order.\n- (iv) Nothing herein shall prejudice any parties' respective rights under the Privileges Consent Order, all of which rights are preserved, including the Debtor's right to seek a reasonable extension of the ten (10) day period from the Production Deadline by which the Debtor must provide to the Trustee a privilege log identifying any Personal Harm Documents that were withheld from BH's production to the Trustee.\n- (v) Nothing herein shall prejudice in any way the Debtor and B&H's respective rights under Federal Rules of Civil Procedures 26(b)(5)(B) to seek to claw back any document produced to the Trustee and to assert privilege over any such document to the extent permitted to do so in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Privileges Consent Order, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B) shall otherwise apply in all respects to such assertion.\n- (vi) Nothing herein shall prejudice the Debtor's and B&H's respective rights under the Protective Order entered in this case (Doc. No. 923), all of which rights are preserved.\n\nWHEREFORE, Baker & Hostetler LLP respectfully requests that the Court grant this Motion and (a) enter the proposed order in substantially the form filed herewith*,* and (b) grant all other relief that is appropriate under the circumstances.\n\nDated: October 19, 2022\n\nRespectfully submitted,\n\n## BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP\n\nBy their counsel,\n\n## GREEN & SKLARZ LLC\n\n*/s/ Kellianne T. Baranowsky* Lawrence S. Grossman (ct15790) Kellianne T. Baranowsky (ct26684) Joanna M. Kornafel (ct29199) One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor Green & Sklarz LLC New Haven, CT 06511 Tel.: 203-285-8545 Fax: 203-823-4546 [lgrossman@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:lgrossman@gs-lawfirm.com) [kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com) [jkornafel@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:jkornafel@gs-lawfirm.com)\n\n# BAKER & HOSTETLER LL\n\nAndrew Layden, FL Bar. No.: 86070 *Pro Hac Vice* Danielle Merola, FL Bar. No.: 120120 *Pro Hac Vice* Baker Hostetler LLP 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2300 Orlando, Florida 32801-3432 (407) 649-4000 [alayden@bakerlaw.com](mailto:alayden@bakerlaw.com) [dmerola@bakerlaw.com](mailto:dmerola@bakerlaw.com)","body_zh":"美国破产法院 康涅狄格区 布里奇波特分院\n\n关于：\n第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），1\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n\nBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP 请求批准响应传票的文件提供程序的动议\n\nBaker & Hostetler LLP（“B&H”）特此提交本动议（“动议”），请求作出基本符合随附格式的裁定，批准本动议所述关于《关于第 2004 条规则传票调取之文件及信息的律师-委托人特权与工作成果保护控制权的同意裁定》（文件编号：856）（“特权同意裁定”）的文件提供程序。债务人同意本动议所请求的救济。\n\n背景\n\n1. 在申请日之前，B&H 在六起诉讼（“申请日前诉讼”）中代表债务人。2 申请日前诉讼因债务人提交上述标题所示破产案件而中止。\n\n1 债务人已知姓名如下：Guo Wengui（郭文贵）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n2 申请日前诉讼包括：(a) Wu and Lan v. Kwok，纽约州最高法院纽约县分院，索引号：152123/2018；(b) Tang and Geng v. Kwok et al.，美国纽约南区联邦地区法院，民事诉讼案号：1:17-cv-09031-JFK；(c) Fu v. Kwok et al.，美国德克萨斯西区联邦地区法院（米德兰/敖德萨分院），案号：7:20-cv-257-DC；(d) Huang v. Kwok，纽约州最高法院纽约县分院，索引号：156552/2017；(e) Meng and Boxun Inc. v. Kwok，纽约州最高法院纽约县分院，索引号：159636/2017；以及 (f) Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. v. Kwok et al.，纽约州最高法院纽约县分院，索引号：652077/2017。\n\n2. 在 2022 年 8 月 22 日或前后，第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）向 B&H 送达了第 2004 条规则传票（文件编号：37，附件 C-1）（“传票”）。在传票送达后，B&H 就该传票与受托人的法律顾问及债务人的法律顾问进行了多次电子邮件沟通和电话会议，包括就各方对债务人根据 2022 年 9 月 15 日特权同意裁定第 7 款保留的“人身损害”特权含义的各自立场进行沟通。\n\n3. 在与受托人的法律顾问协商并获得初始传票截止日期的延期后，B&H 于 2022 年 10 月 10 日（“答复截止日期”）3 及时送达了对传票的答复及异议，并正努力审查并于经受托人同意延期的 2022 年 10 月 21 日文件提供截止日期（“提供截止日期”）之前提供文件。\n\n4. B&H 正努力向受托人审查并提供文件。截至本动议提交之日，B&H 拥有五十 (50) 多名专业人员，正在使用与受托人法律顾问协商达成一致的检索词，审查被确定为可能响应传票的大约 60,000 份文件。B&H 预计绝大部分响应性文件将在提供截止日期前提供。\n\n拟议文件提供程序\n\n5. 通过本动议，B&H 谨请求法院作出裁定，准许 B&H 根据特权同意裁定按照以下程序向受托人和债务人提供响应传票的文件，债务人对此不持异议：\n\n3 为免疑义，本动议中的任何内容均无意放弃或修改 B&H 对传票的答复。\n\n- (i) B&H 善意认为不属于特权同意裁定第 7 款规制范围的文件（“非人身损害文件”），B&H 应在提供截止日期之前，或在 B&H 通过本动议所述之尽职努力识别出该等文件后在合理可行的情况下尽快向受托人提供。\n- (ii) B&H 应秉持善意识别可能属于特权同意裁定第 7 款规制范围的文件（“人身损害文件”），并在提供日期之前，或在 B&H 通过本动议所述之尽职努力识别出该等文件后在合理可行的情况下尽快向债务人提供该部分文件。\n- (iii) 在 B&H 与债务人/债务人的破产法律顾问之间，应由债务人的破产法律顾问最终确定 B&H 识别出的文件是否为人身损害文件，并应按照特权同意裁定中规定的程序，及时向受托人提供人身损害文件，或予以扣留并在特权清单上进行注明。\n- (iv) 本动议中的任何内容均不得损害任何当事方根据特权同意裁定享有的各自权利，所有该等权利均予以保留，包括债务人有权请求合理延长自提供截止日期起算的十 (10) 天期限，债务人必须在该期限内向受托人提供一份特权清单，注明从 B&H 向受托人提供的内容中扣留的任何个人损害文件。\n- (v) 本动议中的任何内容均不得以任何方式损害债务人和 B&H 根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条寻求追回向受托人提供的任何文件并在特权同意裁定第 7 款允许的范围内对任何该等文件主张特权的各自权利，且《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 26(b)(5)(B) 条在其他所有方面均适用于该等主张。\n- (vi) 本动议中的任何内容均不得损害债务人和 B&H 在本案中作出的保护令（文件编号：923）项下的各自权利，所有该等权利均予以保留。\n\n综上所述，Baker & Hostetler LLP 谨请求法院批准本动议，并 (a) 作出基本符合随附格式的拟议裁定，以及 (b) 给予在当时情况下适当的所有其他救济。\n\n日期：2022 年 10 月 19 日\n\n谨此提交，\nBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP\n\n代表律师：\nGREEN & SKLARZ LLC\n\n/签名/ Kellianne T. Baranowsky\nLawrence S. Grossman (ct15790)\nKellianne T. Baranowsky (ct26684)\nJoanna M. Kornafel (ct29199)\nOne Audubon Street, 3rd Floor\nGreen & Sklarz LLC\nNew Haven, CT 06511\n电话：203-285-8545\n传真：203-823-4546\n[lgrossman@gs-lawfirm.com]\n[kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com]\n[jkornafel@gs-lawfirm.com]\n\nBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP\n\nAndrew Layden，佛罗里达州律师执业号：86070 特许出庭律师\nDanielle Merola，佛罗里达州律师执业号：120120 特许出庭律师\nBaker Hostetler LLP\n200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2300\nOrlando, Florida 32801-3432\n(407) 649-4000\n[alayden@bakerlaw.com]\n[dmerola@bakerlaw.com]","key_entities":["Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Miles Guo","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1079,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:46:31"}