The Delaware Rules of Professional Conduct (“RPC”) impute any individual lawyer’s conflict to all lawyers in a firm. If any individual lawyer has a conflict all attorneys in that lawyer’s
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The Clerk of the Court (“Clerk”) is the “official custodian of the records and dockets of the bankruptcy court,” and when it appears that there will be a distribution to
Continue Reading Duties of Claims Agents are Limited to the Scope of 28 U.S.C. § 156(c)Court Shocks Solvent PG&E with Electric Opinion Requiring High-Powered Interest Rates to Creditors
What rate of post-petition interest must a solvent debtor pay creditors whose claims are designated as unimpaired pursuant to Section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code? [1] The answer can
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Surviving Rule 12(b)(6) Motion Could Still Lead to Sanctions Under Bankruptcy Rule 9011
Surviving a motion to dismiss does not necessarily mean that counsel drafting a pleading will survive a motion for sanctions under Rule 9011 if they have not conducted a “reasonable
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The Aftermath of Siegel v. Fitzgerald: The Tenth Circuit Orders United States Trustee Program to Refund Chapter 11 Debtors’ Overpayment of United States Trustee Fees
As discussed in our prior blog post entitled, “The Circuit City Landmine (Siegel v. Fitzgerald): Supremes Declare Bankruptcy Fee Hike Under United States Trustee Program Unconstitutional –What Happens Next?
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Subchapter V Eligibility: Congress Fixes CARES Act Provision That Excluded Affiliates of Issuers But Ignores Potential Eligibility for Foreign, Publicly Traded Companies and Affiliates
On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act (the “SBRA”) became effective and created a new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As we have reported,
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Court Pulls Carpet Out from Under Trustee’s Preference Claim
The Eleventh Circuit sided with the Third Circuit in finding that a creditor’s administrative claim under 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(9) does not offset its new value defense pursuant to 11
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CHAPTER 11 AS ALTERNATIVE TO CONVERSION OR DISMISSAL IN SUBCHAPTER V
Congress passed the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”), otherwise known as “Subchapter V,” as a subchapter of chapter 11, to provide a streamlined and economically feasible reorganization option
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Standard Conflict Waivers May Not Be Sufficient In A Swiss Verein Structure
By Michael L. Temin and Martha B. Chovanes
A Swiss verein is a formal legal structure recognized under Swiss law, akin to a voluntary association under U.S. law. Several U.S.
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Creditor Pays for Violating Stay in Mastic Bay
A recent Second Circuit opinion sets a bright-line rule: if the Debtor is named as a defendant in a pre-bankruptcy lawsuit, the automatic stay applies to halt further proceedings. Bayview
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