Bloomberg Law
Nov. 30, 2018, 10:20 PM UTC

Amendments to Federal Bankruptcy Rules Effective Dec. 1

Daniel Gill
Daniel Gill
Reporter

A change in how district courts handle bankruptcy appeals in cases in which judges decide the bankruptcy court lacked proper authority to make a final ruling is among a host of amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent the amendments to Congress in April. Lawmakers did not use their rarely-invoked authority to pass a law to set them aside before the effective date.

Many of the amendments deal with filing requirements for electronically filed documents, as e-filing is becoming mandatory in most circumstances.

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