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U.S. Trustee Says FTX Lawyers ‘Too Conflicted’ to Work on Bankruptcy

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Aidan Ryan
· · Source: The Information

A U.S. trustee filed an objection Friday to FTX’s retention of its lead counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell, due to concerns that there are conflicts of interest between the law firm and a former partner that joined the executive team of FTX US. The trustee, Andrew Vara, wrote in the filing that he objects to FTX’s move to retain the law firm because FTX did not fully disclose that a former...

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