Amendments to Remaining Rules of Procedure Related to Bankruptcy Appeals Effective December 1, 2018

By Lawrence R. Ahern, III, Brown & Ahern (Nashville, TN)

Background

Several amendments to Part VIII of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure became effective December 1, 2018, and a new Rule 8018.1 and Part VIII Appendix were adopted. In an earlier piece, "Electronic Filing Comes of Age, Part II: Revised Bankruptcy Rule 8011 and Civil Rule 5," we looked at Revised Bankruptcy Rule 8011 along with Civil . . .

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