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Bankruptcy Courts Have Jurisdiction and Power to Compel Payment of Counsel Fees

The Ninth Circuit BAP says that 28 U.S.C. § 1334(e)(2) gives bankruptcy courts exclusive jurisdiction with regard to disputes over fee allowances.

Reforming Attorneys’ Fees in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Lessons from Proposed Chapter 10 Bankruptcy

Practical and Emerging Issues in Subchapter V

U.S. Trustee Rebuffed in Objecting to Rates Higher than Local Rates

‘National’ rates higher than ‘local’ rates can be locked in by retention orders under Section 328(a).

BAP Lays Down Pleading Rules for Fee Applications in Small Chapter 7 Cases

The fee application by an attorney for a chapter 7 trustee in a small case must state facts to show why the services must have been performed by an attorney, not by the trustee.

To Use or Not to Use: Ethics and the Use of AI in the Legal Industry

“Hit Me with Your Best Shot”: Sanctionable Shenanigans by Debtor’s Counsel and Others

Subchapter V: Cutting-Edge Issues

The Sharing, Splitting, Unbundling, Factoring, Financing, Bifurcation and Disclosure of Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees: Ethical Ramifications and What You Need to Know

Chapter 13 to Sub V: Fear Not, Consumer Attorneys