October 22, 2026
The long-running bankruptcy of an Irish real estate mogul is set to wrap up after 13 years and nearly $55 million in assets abandoned. A New Jersey judge said the sale of a trove of 80,000 pieces of audiovisual equipment for more than $2.5 million was null and void. And the liquidator of a company tied to a Ponzi scheme by Jason Nissen won one of 100 clawback actions.
August 20, 2026
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP has escaped all but a sole malpractice claim in a 2024 lawsuit by Gayle Killilea Dunne, the ex-wife of Irish real estate developer Sean Dunne, whose $942 million bankruptcy has played out in Connecticut federal court dockets dating back to 2013.
May 19, 2025
The Chapter 7 trustee for Irish real estate developer Sean Dunne has agreed to settle for $1.9 million prepetition bankruptcy claims by Jennifer Coyle, a woman who said she was Dunne's first wife, capping what was originally a €3.6 million ($4.1 million) series of claims.
May 06, 2025
The Chapter 7 trustee overseeing the $942 million estate of Irish real estate developer Sean Dunne will settle claims of more than €3.6 million ($4 million) from a woman who alleges to be Dunne's first wife, the parties told a Connecticut bankruptcy judge Tuesday.