Adam Herring

This blog previously covered the Supreme Court’s decision in Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. 69 (2023), which held that, under Section 523(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, an individual debtor may not discharge through...more It is widely known that federal law criminalizes certain bad acts in connection with bankruptcy cases. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 151—158. For example, 18 U.S.C. § 152 makes it a crime to, among other things, conceal bankruptcy estate...more 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 We have previously discussed the growing list of judicial decisions addressing the appropriate remedy for overpayment of U.S. Trustee (“UST”) quarterly fees.  In U.S. Tr. Region 21 v. Bast Amron LLP (In re Mosaic Mgmt. Grp.,...more