Under the current bankruptcy appellate system, appeals from dispositive orders of bankruptcy judges are taken to the district court or to the bankruptcy appellate panel, if one has been established and the district has chosen to participate, with further appeal as of right to the court of appeals
Marie Leary, Robert J. Niemic, Melissa Deckman Fallon
March 1, 1999
Bankruptcy courts are different from the district courts in the attorney conduct area in that attorneys who practice in bankruptcy courts are subject to a complex statutory system, which includes bankruptcy-specific conflict of interest criteria and other standards directly governing attorney con
At its March 1997 meeting, the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to undertake this survey to inform the committee's preliminary look at whether there is a need for national bankruptcy rules to govern mediation.
A description of the study the Center undertook at the committee's request to examine the congressionally mandated pilot fee-waiver program in six districts.
Gordon Bermant, Arlene Jorgensen Hillestad, Aaron Kerry
January 1, 1997
A report that responds to a request by the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System for empirical information and analysis on whether the bankruptcy case venue statutes and procedural rule should be amended.
Report to the Bankruptcy Committee of the results of adjusting the weighted caseload for the Southern District of New York in accordance with the protocol adopted by the Bankruptcy Committee at the June 1996 meeting.
Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules responding to request for an estimate of the number of motions and other requests for Rule 2004 examinations and information about current practices related to Rule 2004 examinations.
This report revises and expands on the January 1996 report to the Bankruptcy Committee evaluating two approaches that refine assessing judicial workload for Mega Chapter 11 cases and recommendations to the committee for facilitating mega cases in the future.