Second Circuit Updates with Bill Rochelle
Panel Trustee’s Personal Misconduct Was Grounds for Removal for ‘Cause,’ BAP Says
The panel trustee had been found in state court to be a spousal abuser who lied in obtaining a Covid loan.
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GenAI Is Here to Stay: The Ethics of Using and Billing for AI Without Fear
On a Split, Ninth Circuit BAP Holds: Misconduct in ‘11’ Doesn’t Prevent Conversion to ‘7’
Given that chapter 7 has remedies like denial of discharge for a debtor’s misconduct, bad faith in chapter 11 doesn’t allow dismissal on conversion to chapter 7.
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Ethical Concerns Relating to the Employment of Professionals
The Fate of Jackson Walker Is Now in the Hands of a District Judge from Another District
The district judge who excoriated Jackson Walker in a decision last year will now decide whether the firm must disgorge what it was paid in dozens of large chapter 11 cases.
A Contempt Sanction Is Not a ‘Money Judgment’ and Doesn’t Require Writ of Execution
A contempt sanction upholds the integrity of the court and doesn’t invoke Rule 69(a).