Ethics

No Disqualification When Lawyers at Adversary Firms Were Dating

Delaware bankruptcy judge trusts that dating lawyers at adversary firms didn’t disclose client confidences.

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.

How to Choose Outside Counsel (Some Lessons from the Inside)

May 2021

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.”

Benchnotes May 2021

May 2021

What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Must Know About Chapter 12

May 2021

Who’s My Client? The Importance of Engagement Letters

June 2021

Judicial Roundtable (2021 Rocky Mountain Virtual Bankruptcy Conference)