Judicial Year in Review 2021: Revised Rules and Selected Cases – Part 1 Amended Rules

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

Introduction

This year's changes in the Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure are summarized below. They will be followed, in Part 2, by a digest of selected judicial decisions in the past year of interest for their procedural implications.

December 1, 2021, Amendments to
Bankruptcy Rules 2005, 3007, 7007.1 and 9036

On April 14, 2021,the Supreme Court submitted to Congress amendments to Bankruptcy Rules 2005, 3007 . . .

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