February 03, 2022
A successful outcome does not entitle an attorney to be paid for performing administrative services delegated to the trustee.
5th Circuit
January 20, 2022
On an issue the Supreme Court will decide this spring, the Eleventh Circuit broke the tie among the circuits by finding no unconstitutional lack of uniformity when the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.
11th Circuit
January 12, 2022
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the 2018 increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with Bankruptcy Administrators.
Supreme Court
December 30, 2021
New Jersey judge says that professionals may not be able to limit liability when malpractice is more than mere negligence.
3rd Circuit, New Jersey
December 29, 2021
The possibility that interim compensation allowances can be disgorged means that counsel won’t have an undue advantage over other administrative creditors, Judge Cleary says.
7th Circuit, Illinois, Illinois Northern District
December 13, 2021
District judge in Colorado sides with the majority and doesn’t allow a chapter 13 trustee to be paid if dismissal occurs before plan confirmation.
10th Circuit, Colorado
December 09, 2021
The U.S. Solicitor General wants the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split and decide whether the increase in U.S. Trustee fees violated the Bankruptcy Clause because it was not immediately applicable in two states with bankruptcy administrators.
Supreme Court
December 07, 2021
Judge Jacobvitz told counsel for chapter 13 debtors how to write their engagement agreements to ensure being paid from funds held by the trustee if the case converts to chapter 7 before confirmation.
10th Circuit, New Mexico
