This session explores emerging ethical issues surrounding attorneys' fees in the evolving legal landscape, with a primary focus on how AI is reshaping billing practices, professional responsibility and the ethical concerns highlighted in Prof. Nancy Rapoport's scholarship. The panelists also examine recent developments involving chapter 13 trustee fees, litigation financing and attorney compensation in subchapter V cases, highlighting key decisions and practical considerations for bankruptcy practitioners.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will identify the emerging ethical issues surrounding attorneys' fees arising from the use of AI in billing practices, and analyze the professional responsibility concerns highlighted in relevant scholarship.
- Attendees will analyze recent case law and developments affecting Chapter 13 trustee fees, litigation financing, and attorney compensation in Subchapter V cases.
- Attendees will evaluate practical strategies for structuring and defending fee arrangements in consumer and business bankruptcy cases in light of these ethical and legal developments.