Professional Compensation/Fees

Counsel Must Eat Filing Fees in ‘No-Money-Down’ Chapter 13s

Lawyers can’t be reimbursed for advancing filing fees through fee applications or ‘no-look’ fees.

Retention Agreements Allowing Defense Fees Ok in New Mexico, but Not in Delaware

Baker Botts v. ASARCO doesn’t prohibit retention agreements allowing fees for defense of fees, judge holds.

Fee Cap in Section 502(b)(4) Seldom Applies to Contingencies, Ninth Circuit Holds

Ninth Circuit ringingly endorses allowance of prepetition contingent fee arrangements.

Update on Consumer Bankruptcies

Third-Party Litigation Funding and Issues It Creates in Bankruptcy Cases: This Ain’t Your Father’s Contingency Fee Arrangement! Part I

Third-Party Litigation Funding and Issues It Creates in Bankruptcy Cases: This Ain’t Your Father’s Contingency Fee Arrangement! Part II

Very Good Debates (Southwest Bankruptcy Conference 2017)

Third Party Liability for Debtor’s Counsel Fees Precludes a Charging Lien

Third party liability for attorneys’ fees can leave debtor’s counsel in a worse position following nonpayment.

Making It Rain Without Getting Muddy: Developing Business the Ethical Way