New Jevic Settlement Fails, Making Supreme Court’s Reversal More Costly
Unlike Rodney Dangerfield, Jevic workers get respect when Delaware judge rejects a new settlement they dislike.
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Debtor’s Chapter 13 Counsel Properly Stiffed for End-of-Case Fees
Practice point: Be sure that a chapter 13 discharge excepts debtor’s unpaid counsel fees.
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Contract Wages for Executives Are Not Presumptively Allowable Postpetition, BAP Says
An executive with a rejected contract must prove value to have an allowable administrative claim, 9th Circuit BAP says.
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Benchnotes June 2018
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Prefiling Expenses Can’t Be Reimbursed in a Chapter 13 Plan in Western Louisiana
Debtor’s counsel can’t recover prefiling expenses in a ‘no money down’ bankruptcy in the W.D. La.
Leased but Unused Personal Property Qualifies for an Administrative Claim
Circuits are split on requiring use of leased equipment before allowing an administrative claim.
May 2018 Benchnotes
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‘Local vs. National’ Rate Controversy Reemerges in a Catholic Diocese Reorganization
Montana judge cuts committee counsel’s interim allowance to rates charged by debtor’s counsel.
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