Proposed Revisions to Rule 2019

Bankruptcy Rule 2019, an often-ignored pivotal procedural rule in U.S. bankruptcies, has returned to the public eye. This reemergence stems from two recent decisions from the influential Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware as well as the controversial pending amendments to Rule 2019 proposed by the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

21 minute read March 26, 2010 at 10:32 AM
By
Jon Kibbe And Michael Friedman
Proposed Revisions to Rule 2019

Bankruptcy Rule 2019, an often-ignored pivotal procedural rule in U.S. bankruptcies, has returned to the public eye. This reemergence stems from two recent decisions from the influential Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (In re Washington Mutual, Inc., Case No. 08-12229 (Bankr.

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