Debt Attys Charging Base Fee Can't Get More, 5th Circ. Says

By Kevin Penton (May 14, 2019, 2:17 PM EDT) -- A Louisiana bankruptcy court did not err in determining that debtors' attorneys who front their clients the costs of certain fees in filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy may not collect them later in addition to an overall capped fee for handling the matter, the Fifth Circuit has held....

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