Undulations In Unbundling – Is A Ripple Running Through The Rocks Of Resistance In Bankruptcy Courts? Part II

(Reprinted with  permission.  Cite as 2013 No. 6 Norton Bankruptcy L. Adviser NL 1.)
By Judge Thomas F. Waldron (Retired)

 Differences Over A Decade

Egwim was reported in 2003 and there have been many significant differences impacting Unbundling and bankruptcy in the last ten years. The ABA Model Rule 1.2  Egwim appropriately applied1 has changed.2 Perhaps, more significantly, major provisions of the governing bankruptcy legislation were changed in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), § 1003, 119 . . .

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