Bankruptcy Blogs

Co Authoring in Legal Academia

06/09/22

Co authoring saved me. Literally.  But for the fact that my senior colleagues at UCLA did not care whether I ever wrote anything sole authored, I don't think I would have written anything. I was (and am) just too racked with insecurities.  And then I'd probably have had to get a real job. Aiyiyiyi.  I owe an ever lasting debt to those colleagues -- thank you to Bill Klein, Devon Carbado, Steve Bainbridge, Rick Sander and more.

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What Is the Difference Between Clerical and Compensable?

06/08/22

 A short order crossed my desk the other day in In re Preferred Ready-Mix, Case No. 21-33369 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 6/6/22), Dkt. #207. A creditor filed an application for administrative expense. No one objected. However, the Court reduced the fees requested by $73.50 to reflect time spent electronically filing documents. While this little case involves much smaller dollars than the Supreme Court opinion in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-411 (U.S. 6/6/22), which came out the same day, it will affect many more cases.

A Little Background

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