In the Fifth Circuit, chapter 7 trustees lock in higher compensation.

California judge won’t bar the debtor from settling for more than the original $6 million in compensatory damages while forsaking $40 million in punitive damages earmarked for public interest groups.

Judges uses Section 329(a) to vacate a contingency lien for more than the value of the lawyer’s services.

Court shows antipathy to all theories seeking allowance of fees incurred in collecting fees.

Law v. Siegel didn’t insulate professionals from disgorging interim fee awards.

With no circuit authority, lower courts are split on the fate of standing trustees’ fees when a chapter 13 case is dismissed before confirmation.

Lawyers can’t be reimbursed for advancing filing fees through fee applications or ‘no-look’ fees.

Baker Botts v. ASARCO doesn’t prohibit retention agreements allowing fees for defense of fees, judge holds.

Ninth Circuit ringingly endorses allowance of prepetition contingent fee arrangements.

Third party liability for attorneys’ fees can leave debtor’s counsel in a worse position following nonpayment.