Bankruptcy & Attorney's Fees
On Tuesday, the SCOTUS unanimously decided that a contract-based claim for attorney's fees is not disallowed under federal bankruptcy law, even where the fees in question were incurred litigating bankruptcy issues in a post-petition setting. Reversing the Ninth Circuit (ed.: now there's a surprise), the Court concluded the view that "such fees are categorically prohibited . . . finds no support in the Bankruptcy Code."
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