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The bankruptcy court allowed Y2 Yoga to file a claim for post-petition attorneys fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 6-21.6(f). When that amount exceed the judgment amount upon which the claim was based, VR King objected that such was prohibted as the award of reasonable attorney’s fees may not exceed the amount in controversy.

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The Debtor filed an application to employ special counsel on March 4, 2020, which served as the effective date of employment, but special counsel had already performed the bulk of its compensable services prior to that date.

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Summary: In a Chapter 11 case, Summitbridge held a secured (but under secured) claim, which was satisfied, pursuant to the confirmation order, by tender of the collateral. Summitbridge then filed an additional unsecured, nonpriority claim for it attorneys fees, pursuant to its promissory note, in the amount of 15% of the outstanding indebtness, totaling more than $300,000.

Summary: In a long-running case, of which this is the fourth opinion from the court, the Debtor and Bankruptcy administrator objected to the attorney’s fees sought by Bate Land Company (“BLC”). The Court held that BLC was an over secured creditor under 11 U.S.C. § 506(b). The Debtor, however, first contended that the Note provided for attorney’s fees to BLC only in the event of a default and that, since the bankruptcy was filed during the 10-day grace period after the initial missed payment, there had been not default.

Summary: The Court held that Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 1829, 191 L.E. 2d 783 (2015) did not prevent a Chapter 13 trustee from paying administrative expenses funds held by the following conversion of the case to Chapter 7 pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2) and Bankruptcy Rule of Federal Procedure Rule 1019. Commentary: Attached to the application for fees was an affidavit from the debtor stating that she understood that the funds on hand could be returned to her but that she nonetheless wanted those funds sent to the her attorney.

Summary: In order to provide for attorney's fees and allow for filing of a Chapter 7, Mr. Pace's attorney took a voluntary lien against Mr.

Summary: Chapter 13 Debtors had fallen behind on payment under their confirmed plan, wherein the mortgage held be Wells Fargo was paid directly by the Debtors. Instead of following the more customary path of seeking relief from the automatic stay, Wells Fargo instead sought dismissal of the Chapter 13 case. The Motion to Dismiss was resolved by bringing the payments “inside” the Chapter 13 plan, but the parties could not agree on the allowance of attorney’s fees in the amount of $350.00.

Summary: Randle brought a complaint against the Defendants for violations of the FDCPA and sought certification of her case as class action. Prior to any class certification, the Defendants settled, agreeing to pay $6,000 “in full final settlement of all her claims,” plus attorney’s fees related to her individual claims. Counsel then submitted requests for $89,083.69, which was reduced by the district court to $76,876.59.

Summary: This report publishes the survey results of the United States Consumer Law Attorney Fee Survey Report 2010-2011 for the ten largest U.S.