Disclosures: Helping a Client (and Yourself) Stay Out of Hot Water
Disclosures: Helping a Client (and Yourself) Stay Out of Hot Water By Andrew S. Erickson It is common for a chapter 7 panel trustee to review hundreds of pages of financial records along with the petition and schedules for any given consumer chapter 7 case prior to the
Judges Plead with Congress to Fix the Mess Created by Lamie
Sitting en banc, three judges in St. Louis effectively barred bifurcated fee arrangements in the Eastern District of Missouri.
District Court Disregards the Bankruptcy Court’s Authority over Post-Petition Fees
Seemingly in conflict with Section 329, a district court decided that a chapter 7 debtor’s attorneys could sue for post-petition fees, even though the firm never disclosed the fee arrangement as required by Section 329 and Rule 2016.
Congress Must Act to Permit Chapter 7 Debtors to Pay Counsel After Filing
Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.