Bankruptcy/Cases Under Review: Federal Government And Several States Support Baker Botts’ SCOTUS Position On Whether Efforts Defending Core Application Fees Are Compensable

 

Fifth Circuit Decision Saying No Fees For These Efforts Under Scrutiny.

     On October 2, 2014, we posted on SCOTUS granting certiorari with respect to a Fifth Circuit decision denying Baker Botts substantial fees and costs in defending their core application fee efforts. According to Law 360, “[t]he federal government on Wednesday [December 10, 2014] joined state bar associations from California, Florida, New York, Texas and others urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that overturned fees associated with Baker Botts LLP's $117 million fee award for defending Asarco LLC in the mining company's bankruptcy.”