Judge Stuart Bernstein heard no major objections from creditors while reviewing a draft of the plan during a lengthy hearing at a federal bankruptcycourtinManhattan.
Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee in charge of recovering and distributing Madoff's assets, has filed a slew of lawsuits in U.S. BankruptcyCourtinManhattan over the past week on behalf of some of Madoff's victims.