No Disqualification When Lawyers at Adversary Firms Were Dating
Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.
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Judge Isgur Knocks Down a Special Counsel’s Fees for ‘Unprofessional’ Conduct
Incivility may be acceptable in matrimonial matters, but not when the lawyer represents a debtor.
Creditor Filing Time-Barred Claims Is Hit with Debtor’s Attorneys’ Fees
The Supreme Court’s Midland Funding opinion was no defense to invocation of a Nevada statute shifting fees and compelling the creditor to pay the debtor’s costs in expunging stale claims.
Costs of a Disciplinary Proceeding Held Nondischargeable Under Section 523(a)(7)
Another court strains to explain why costs incurred by disciplinary authorities were not in compensation for “actual pecuniary loss.”
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Montana Consumer Bankruptcy Law Firm Agrees to Pay More than $300,000 in Relief to Consumers and to a Six-Year Practice Ban in Settlement with U.S. Trustee Program
The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has entered into a settlement with national consumer bankruptcy law firm Deighan Law LLC, previously known as Law Solutions Chicago and doing business as UpRight Law (UpRight), according to a press release. The settlement is set forth in a consent order entered by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Montana on March 9 and resolves enforcement actions filed by the USTP over allegations of misconduct relating to UpRight’s representation of Montana consumers as debtors or prospective debtors in bankruptcy cases. As stipulated in the settlement, UpRight has paid or will pay more than $300,000 in monetary relief and will be barred from representing bankruptcy clients in Montana for six years. As a result of dozens of USTP actions filed since 2016, UpRight has paid or been ordered to pay almost $900,000 in monetary relief, including returning fees to over 500 impacted consumers and paying court-ordered sanctions, attorney’s fees, and costs. Additionally, bankruptcy courts have imposed practice bans against UpRight in at least four jurisdictions.