News & Analysis as of

Fees Bankruptcy Trustees Chapter 11

Fox Rothschild LLP

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

Fox Rothschild LLP on

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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

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

Morgan Lewis on

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The Constitutionality of Increased Trustee Fees In Bankruptcy

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

Circuit Split Over Constitutionality Of United States Trustee Fee Increases Picks Up More Steam

Fox Rothschild LLP on

The Snowball effect, the Domino effect, and even the Streisand effect all demonstrate the accretive impact of small changes. Though without a catchy metaphor, the tendency of Circuit splits to attract new and deviating...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide