Engaging and Paying Contingency Counsel in Bankruptcy
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Debtor’s Chapter 13 Counsel Properly Stiffed for End-of-Case Fees
Practice point: Be sure that a chapter 13 discharge excepts debtor’s unpaid counsel fees.
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Prefiling Expenses Can’t Be Reimbursed in a Chapter 13 Plan in Western Louisiana
Debtor’s counsel can’t recover prefiling expenses in a ‘no money down’ bankruptcy in the W.D. La.
May 2018 Benchnotes
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‘Local vs. National’ Rate Controversy Reemerges in a Catholic Diocese Reorganization
Montana judge cuts committee counsel’s interim allowance to rates charged by debtor’s counsel.
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Bankruptcy Needs to Get Its Priorities Straight: A Proposal for Limiting the Leverage of Unsecured Creditors' Committees When Unsecured Creditors Are “Out-of-the-Money”
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Fifth Circuit Holds that Chapter 7 Trustees Presumptively Get Statutory Commissions
In the Fifth Circuit, chapter 7 trustees lock in higher compensation.
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Health Care and Nonprofits in Crisis: Is Bankruptcy the Cure? How to Properly Diagnose and Treat Troubled Health Care Businesses and Nonprofits
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Homestead Exemption Must Be Paid in Full Before a Sale Is Permitted, BAP Says
Splitting with the Sixth Circuit, the Tenth Circuit BAP does not require equity to claim a homestead exemption.
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