Ethics

Ethics Panel: Current Issues in the Retention and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals

Briefly Noted: Success Fees, Covenants with the Land, and Fee-Only Chapter 13 Plans

Debtors win 2 of 3 important chapter 11 and 13 reorganization cases.

Ninth Circuit Says 1980s Supreme Court Opinion Out of Step with Plain Meaning

High court should revisit Kelly v. Robinson from 1986, circuit court says.

Ethics and Civility in Bankruptcy Practice

Ethics & Professional Compensation/Unsecured Trade Creditors

Civility Now: More Than Just the Ethical Practice of Law

Seventh Circuit Allows Using Objective Evidence to Prove Subjective Recklessness

Lawyer’s malpractice can satisfy Bullock’s recklessness standard for nondischargeability.

All Punitive Sanctions in Bankruptcy Governed by One Standard in the Tenth Circuit

Ability to pay is one factor in imposing sanctions for misconduct.

Ethics: Retention and Compensation of Professionals