Alex Jones Loses, Cardi B Wins on Flip Sides of Bankruptcy Law

At first glance, finding a thread linking the rapper Cardi B and the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones might seem an unlikely task.

But both could see their fortunes rise or fall by millions of dollars based on a provision in the federal bankruptcy law that goes mostly unnoticed by the general public.

A judge on Thursday said Jones can’t use bankruptcy to avoid paying $1.1 billion he owes parents of the Sandy Hook massacre victims for airing lies about them on his talk show. That came 13 days after Cardi B scored a big victory in her battle to collect ...