Professional Compensation/Fees

Benchnotes February 2020

Feb 2020

Judges’ Round-and-Round (2019 Winter Leadership Conference)

Consumer Attorney Fees: Everything You Always Wanted to Know — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Ethics)

Hit ’Em Below the Belt (and in the Wallet): Professional Fees and Leverage Post-ASARCO

Benchnotes January 2020

Jan 2020

Getting Engaged and Getting Paid

Failure to Raise a Stern Objection Violates a Lawyer’s Standard of Care

The lawyer whose waiver led to Wellness International avoided malpractice by the skin of his teeth.

Debtors’ Attorneys Are Paid in Chapter 13 Before Secured Creditors

Indiana bankruptcy and district judges rule that secured lenders are only entitled to ‘adequate protection’ until the debtor’s counsel’s allowed fees have been paid in full.

What Changed After KERPs Were Banned by Congress? Evidence from an Empirical Study

Nov 2019