Rules, Means-Test Amounts and Miscellaneous Fees: Changes Wrap Up 2020

Lawrence R. Ahern, III
Brown & Ahern
Nashville, Tennessee

Appendix A
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure Amendments
Effective December 1, 2020

The proposed rules and Committee notes are set forth below, with changes indicated by striking through deleted text and underlining new text.

Rule 2002. Notices to Creditors, Equity Security Holders, Administrators in Foreign Proceedings, Persons Against Whom Provisional Relief Is Sought in Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases, United States, and United States Trustee

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