The panel trustee had been found in state court to be a spousal abuser who lied in obtaining a Covid loan.

Given that chapter 7 has remedies like denial of discharge for a debtor’s misconduct, bad faith in chapter 11 doesn’t allow dismissal on conversion to chapter 7.

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.

A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).

New York’s Judge Philip Bentley and Prof. Robert Lawless urge Congress to adopt the ABI Commission’s recommendations for dealing with bad faith filings.

Long Island’s Judge Grossman warns lawyers that they may be paid nothing if they file chapter 11 cases just to delay a secured creditor, with no legitimate strategy for selling the property, refinancing or confirming a plan.

A receiver was tagged $45,000 for failing to turn over estate property by demanding payment of administrative fees.

District court equates distribution to creditors in chapter 13 to substantial consummation of a chapter 11 plan.

The bankruptcy judge in Houston denied the U.S. Trustee’s motion to quash deposition subpoenas in the fight over disgorgement of fees for failure to disclose an allegedly close relationship between the judge and a firm lawyer.

Expedience is no substitute for disinterestedness when it comes to retention of a chapter 11 debtor’s general counsel.