3rd Circuit

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.

Under binding circuit precedent, a Delaware district judge ruled that an order denying a motion to dismiss a chapter 11 case is final and appealable.

Bifurcated fee arrangements are cumbersome, temporary fixes for a problem that the Supreme Court created in Lamie.

Lawyers aren’t guarantors for a client’s misconduct, but they may be sanctioned for a coverup.

The state law standards for creation of a contract governed enforceability of a term sheet signed after mediation.

A trustee’s commissions can’t be based on a percentage of disbursements to the trustee’s own counsel, so says a New Jersey district judge.

A repeat filer in chapter 13 must show ‘clear and convincing evidence’ of improved financial condition to warrant an extension of the automatic stay under Section 362(c)(3)(B), Chief Judge Taddonio says.

The Third Circuit lauded Bankruptcy Judge Craig Goldblatt for a ‘well-reasoned’ opinion correctly interpreting Supreme Court authority.

Times are a-changin’ when it comes to setoff against exempt assets.

Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and Gregory Taddonio disagree on whether the bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to grant ‘innocent spouse’ relief to a debtor.