The district judge who excoriated Jackson Walker in a decision last year will now decide whether the firm must disgorge what it was paid in dozens of large chapter 11 cases.
Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said it was ‘nonsense’ to argue that ‘a Bankruptcy Court lacks authority to permit survivor statements to be made to the Court and to the Bishop.’
The Third Circuit will decide whether the broad language in the Federal Magistrate Act allows magistrate judges to issue final orders on bankruptcy appeals when the parties consent.
