Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars - eviltoast
    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      24 hours ago

      That’s not the issue - the losing company wasn’t given an opportunity to counter bid

      Ftfa

      The judge said Murray had acted in good faith in running the auction in which The Onion’s parent company initially appeared to prevail, but he said the trustee did not run a transparent process and should have given a rival bidder associated with Jones another chance to improve its bid.

    • homura1650@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      It depends on how you count. Jones is unlikely to ever pay the full value of his debts, so the value of the victims forgoing their portion should be discounted proportionally.

      I would comment on how the calculation was actually done, but federal courts do not allow for public recordings, and this court does not appear to make it’s written orders public either.