June 02, 2022
Local rules require lawyers to prepare and fill all required chapter 7 papers regardless of whether the debtor pays the fee or agrees to pay the fee.
8th Circuit, Minnesota
May 25, 2022
Even if a dischargeability suit is based on a contract, the winner is not entitled to fee-shifting if the court rules on noncontract issues.
9th Circuit
May 20, 2022
Finally, a circuit court cites Taggart to help a debtor enforce the discharge injunction.
2nd Circuit
May 16, 2022
Special counsel unfamiliar with bankruptcy procedures weren’t excused from the requirement to file a final fee application by the deadline.
10th Circuit, Colorado
April 30, 2022
Being seen at bar events in the company of those who appear in court doesn’t show judicial bias.
3rd Circuit
April 20, 2022
At oral argument, the justices seemed more concerned about the remedy to give if the dual fee system was unconstitutional.
Supreme Court
April 01, 2022
Submitting a retention order with the wrong word resulted in a pivotal issue on appeal.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
March 22, 2022
Reversing the bankruptcy court, the district court decided that a local rule did not bar bifurcated fee arrangements altogether.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
February 15, 2022
District judge in Idaho finds no ambiguity in a statute that doesn’t explicitly say whether a chapter 13 trustee is paid if the case is dismissed before confirmation.
9th Circuit
