On Conversion to ‘7,’ Admin Expenses in ‘13’ Must Be Paid, Harris Notwithstanding
When chapter 13 cases are converted to chapter 7 before confirmation, bankruptcy courts are split on whether the broad language in Harris v. Viegelahn bars chapter 13 trustees from paying administrative expenses incurred before conversion.
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Split Fourth Circuit Panel Bars Use of Equity to Correct an Oversight in Retention
The majority in the Fourth Circuit based a bright-line rule on the presence of the word ‘the’ in Section 327(a).
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Established Law Pointed Judge Lane Toward Dismissing Giuliani’s Chapter 11 Case
New York’s Judge Sean Lane saw no reason for forcing holders of a $148 million defamation judgment ‘to wait years’ for a ‘modest distribution.’