Bankruptcy Court Permissibly Allowed Boy Scouts To Retain Firm, 3rd Circuit Rules

Mealey's (May 27, 2022, 11:40 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Declining the appellant’s invitation to adopt a new rule “that courts must always consider the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct before reaching a conclusion on” Section 327(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 24 upheld the decisions of two lower courts in a dispute over the debtor’s retention of counsel in a bankruptcy case....