Judge Walrath is going to let all those entities into the fray because, I believe she knows that the taking of WMB was a giant rip-off. You would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see what happened, when a backdoor, midnight deal to steal a bank is stripped of its liabilities and only assets transferred, without even a list of properties (missing 3.1a) taken for a pittance.
Then you have to step back again, while a POS like Rosen manipulates the numbers in such a way, he comes up with a POR that has no financials attached and a reluctant FDIC/WMB bondholders, who he claimed to the Judge, support the deal. The POR is not only a breach of integrity, a massive fabrication, but an insult to the Judge’s intelligence.
The Judge, wary that she has a legacy case in front of her is not going to make any appeal-able mistakes and with great insight says, OK, let’s really roll this out and get it boiled down to the sauce (source). With good cause, she backs a need for the WMB bondholders that could lead to discovery, which they already complained there was no cooperation from WMI. In addition, via the Trustee, she accommodates the Equity players to come aboard because she has good concern to think that hidden assets may be there, and what gave her this opinion, Weil’s original complaint..spells out where the dollars are.
Now what, ..the EC has a great team assembled, (Willingham, Bienenstock, Solomon, et al) and a resounding Joinder by over 3500 investors and several hundred letters entered into the court filings..and that’s starters. Now one of the underlying gems here is Bienenstock left Weil to go to a competitor, because he thought that Weil’s business model wasn’t up to snuff..and now he has a chance to prove it face to face..and I think he will. I sincerely believe he will pick apart Rosen (Weil) bit by bit till there toothless. In my opinion, this case was made for our team and even at first blush, I’m sure they see more holes than Swiss cheese in Weil/Rosen’s sham.
The obvious path for Judge Walrath is to let the games begin, unencumbered, with every entity now armed to attack the veracity of the FDIC, JPM, and Weil/Rosen fronting for the BOD and “bondholders” of WMI, (who I believe will be feeling a bit queasy in the coming months). I would love to see the gloves off and a very spirited battle with every trick in the book, as most were probably written by Bienenstock. I am sure that Weil/Rosen will whine about the money and time wasted, but Walrath will bend in her need to facilitate a resolve, the hard way for JPM and the FDIC. I intend to sit back and see some of the best lawyering I have ever witnessed and also see Weil toppled from it’s lofty level built on deceit, taking JPM down with them..