Professional Compensation/Fees

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District Court Says Chapter 13 Trustee Is Paid Even if Dismissal Precedes Confirmation

District judge in Idaho finds no ambiguity in a statute that doesn’t explicitly say whether a chapter 13 trustee is paid if the case is dismissed before confirmation.

Trustee’s Counsel Is Paid Only for Services Requiring Legal Expertise

A successful outcome does not entitle an attorney to be paid for performing administrative services delegated to the trustee.

‘13’ Trustees Are Paid Even if Dismissal Comes Before Confirmation, District Judge Says

A chapter 13 trustee is not a federal employee for the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Rochelle’s Rocky Mountain Case Law Update

Taking Yes for an Answer: Emerging Issues in Assumption, Rejection and Cure in a Post-Pandemic World

When Are Standing Trustees Paid on Unconfirmed Cases?

March 2022

Eleventh Circuit Takes Sides on Circuit Split by Upholding the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees

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.

Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on the 2018 Increase in U.S. Trustee Fees

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.