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Hertz So Good, Drawing Lots, and Sack Lunch

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Hertz Noteholders Land Win in Bankruptcy Interest Payoff Fight | Bloomberg Law - On Tuesday, an appeals court ruled that car rental company the Hertz Corp, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2021, must pay over $270 million...more

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The Circuit City Landmine Redux, the Final Word (Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC): Supreme...

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As previously discussed and anticipated in prior blog posts, the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 596 U.S. 464, 142 S.Ct. 1770, 213 L.Ed.2d 39 (2022), which struck down as unconstitutional the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Ninth Circuit Joins Other Circuits in Refunding U.S. Trustee Fees

In earlier posts, the Red Zone has discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 142 S. Ct. 1770 (2022), which held that increased U.S. Trustee quarterly fees for large Chapter 11 debtors between 2018 and 2020...more

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Post Siegel Ruling: Second Circuit Joins the Tenth Circuit in Ordering Refunds for Overpayment of U.S. Trustee Fees

In a previous blog post from June 2022, we discussed the Tenth Circuit’s post-Sigel decision in John Q. Hammons Fall 2006 LLC v. U.S. Trustee (In re John Q. Hammons Fall 2006 LLC), 15 F.4th 1011 (10th Cir. Oct. 5, 2021),...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SCOTUS Grants Certiorari, Remands U.S. Trustee Fee Dispute to Second Circuit

The ramifications of uneven increases to fees in chapter 11 bankruptcies continue to ripple through federal courts. As we discussed previously, Congress enacted legislation in 2017 that temporarily increased U.S....more

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Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in...

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In this episode of the Lowenstein Bankruptcy Lowdown, Michael Savetsky and Erica G. Mannix discuss the recent Tenth Circuit decision in In re John Q Hammons Fall 2006 LLC determining the appropriate remedy for a debtor’s...more

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Post Siegel Ruling: Tenth Circuit Orders Refunds for Overpayment of U.S. Trustee Fees

On June 6, 2022, the Supreme Court issued a unanimously ruling in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 142 S. Ct. 1770 (U.S. June 6, 2022) that the increase in fees payable to the U.S. Trustee system in 2018 violated the uniformity aspect...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Roundup - July 2022

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Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down 2017 U.S. Trustee Fee Hike as Unconstitutional - On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-awaited decision, Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-441, __. U.S. __, 2022 WL...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Supreme Court Invalidates Chapter 11 Fee Scheme

We have previously written about Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-441, the Supreme Court case considering the question of whether the 2018 difference in fees between Bankruptcy Administrator judicial districts and U.S. Trustee...more

Morgan Lewis

SCOTUS Punts on Remedy for Unconstitutional Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Increase

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Earlier this year, we highlighted the US Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Siegel v. Fitzgerald (In re Circuit City Stores, Inc.) to determine whether a 2017 statute that increased Chapter 11 quarterly fees was...more

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The Constitutionality of Increased Trustee Fees In Bankruptcy

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Today, Lowenstein's Michael Savetsky and Erica G. Mannix discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, which held that the statutory amendment that increased the fees a Chapter 11 debtor pay...more

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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Chapter 11 Fees

Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution gives Congress the power to “establish . . . uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” While Congress has general authority to...more

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