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2006 NORTON BANKRUPTCY LAW SEMINAR MATERIALS

THE ETHICS OF REPRESENTING DEBTORS AND CREDITORS IN BANKRUPTCY

By Susan M. Freeman

*This outline is adapted from Chapter 27, Ethical Responsibilities,
Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d (Thomson-West 2005)

 

A number of cases disqualifying on grounds of such creditor status involve failure to disclose the creditor status initially and additional conflicts.184 A few courts have concluded that the Section 1107(b) exemption from the disinterestedness requirement of Section 327(a) includes an exemption for any professional who is a creditor solely because of prepetition employment on behalf of the DIP.185 Or they have allowed creditor professionals

 

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