Debtor's Counsel's Fiduciary Duty: Is There a Duty to Rat in Chapter 11?
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, p. 16, February 2010
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-16
4 Pages Posted: 2 Feb 2010 Last revised: 27 Jul 2010
Date Written: February 1, 2010
Abstract
This article discusses what duties counsel to the debtor-in-possession owe (and to whom they owe these duties) when the debtor-in-possession wants to do something illegal or just plain dumb.
Keywords: ethics, professional responsibility, bankruptcy, chapter 11, fiduciary duties
JEL Classification: K1, K10, K20, K29, K42, K49
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Bowles, Chip and Rapoport, Nancy B., Debtor's Counsel's Fiduciary Duty: Is There a Duty to Rat in Chapter 11? (February 1, 2010). American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, p. 16, February 2010, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1544930
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