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# *Bankruptcy Preference News* Includes Special Counsel Benjamin D. Feder’s Blog Post on Important Opinion Affecting Carve-Outs

 February 7, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special counsel [Benjamin Feder’s](/Our-People/Benjamin-Feder) blog post, ​“Delaware Bankruptcy Judge: A Carve-Out for Fees Is Not a Cap,” was included in the February *Bankruptcy Preference News* newsletter. Originally published in Kelley Drye’s Bankruptcy Law Insights blog, the post discusses a recently issued opinion in the Molycorp chapter 11 case. The opinion held that a standard carve-out in a financing order for a creditors’ committee counsel and professionals’ fees will not limit the ability of such professionals to be paid in full under a confirmed plan of reorganization. This ruling from Delaware Judge Christopher Sontchi could have a broad impact on chapter 11 practice in courts across the country. If followed by other courts, it will provide committee counsel with a bit more leverage in negotiations with secured lenders over carve-out provisions and payment of fees.

To read the full blog post, please [click here](http://www.bankruptcylawinsights.com/2017/01/delaware-bankruptcy-judge-a-carve-out-for-fees-is-not-a-cap/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BankruptcyLawInsights+%28Bankruptcy+Law+Insights%29).

 

 

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