October 6, 2017
Law v. Siegel didn’t insulate professionals from disgorging interim fee awards.
October 5, 2017
With no circuit authority, lower courts are split on the fate of standing trustees’ fees when a chapter 13 case is dismissed before confirmation.
October 4, 2017
Lawyers can’t be reimbursed for advancing filing fees through fee applications or ‘no-look’ fees.
October 3, 2017
Limited knowledge of English and ‘nuances’ in legal terms saved debtor from a fatal admission.
October 2, 2017
Third Circuit gives immunity to a trustee for unilateral action protecting estate property.
September 29, 2017
Several cases are in the running for Supreme Court review this term or next.
September 28, 2017
Certiorari petition asks Supreme Court to narrow Local Loan and Barnhill.
September 27, 2017
Average daily sales suffice to show the date when new value was advanced.
September 26, 2017
Allowing intervention as of right, First Circuit repudiates its own prior authority as ‘pure dicta.’
September 25, 2017
Baker Botts v. ASARCO doesn’t prohibit retention agreements allowing fees for defense of fees, judge holds.