Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Bankruptcy Court (SDNY) to Discontinue Transmitting Proof of Claim Forms Through Bankruptcy Noticing Center: Pursuant to the direction of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (the "Administrative Office"), our Court will discontinue transmitting the Official Form B10, Proof of Claim, through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center ("BNC") as of October 1, 2011. Prior to that date, the Proof of Claim form was included as an attachment to certain notices such as the section 341(a) notice (i.e., the Notice of Case Commencement).
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, and Evidence Rules have proposed amendments to their respective rules and requested that the proposals be circulated to the bench, bar, and public for comment.
The public comment period ends on February 15, 2012. The proposed amendments, Rules Committee reports explaining the proposed changes, and other information are posted on the Judiciary.s Federal Rulemaking website at
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved certain changes to the attorney admission fees, effective July 1, 2011: For admission of attorney to practice, including Certificate of Admission $200.00. For admission of an attorney pro hac vice $200.00.
Due to configuration changes at the Administrative Office, e-mail notifications may not make it to their proper destinations. If you are not receiving email notifications please contact your Internet Service Provider and have them add the new uscourts.gov IP addresses to their e-mail white lists. (The AO Postmaster has already notified the larger ISPs, such as Hotmail and Yahoo.)
Public Law 111-327 - H.R. 6198, known as The Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010 was signed into law on December 22, 2010. For the text of the Act click here.
On December 23, 2010, New York State enacted legislation increasing certain New York State exemptions in bankruptcy and allowing alternative federal exemptions. For more info, click here.
General Order M-413 Re: Adoption of Modified Loss Mitigation Program Procedures effective December 30, 2010.
The following Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure ("FRBP") have been amended as of December 1, 2010: FRBP 1007, 1014, 1015, 1018, 1019, 4001, 4004, 5009, 7001 and 9001. Also becoming effective on that date is a new rule: FRBP 5012.The following national forms have been amended as of December 1, 2010:
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is now using Twitter as an addition to our website for broadcasting important information to the Bar and the public. Everyone is encouraged to "follow" our USBC-SDNY tweets by visiting www.twitter.com/usbcsdny on the internet or by signing up on Twitter to have them sent to your cell phone.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has appointed Sean H. Lane, as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York, effective September 7, 2010.
General Order M-404 Re: Repeal of Local Form for Reaffirmation Agreements and Adoption of Local Reaffirmation Guidelines (superseding General Order M-337).
Effective July 12, 2010, the Bankruptcy Noticing Center will not mail notices to a creditor if address is invalid. Click here for more information.
General Order M-400 Re: Personal Electronic Devices; Members of the Media, possessing press credentials, may bring their personal electronic devices in the courthouse subject to the restrictions and obligations set forth in General Order m-396.
The lead case is: Old Carco LLC (f/k/a Chrysler LLC), 09-50002; parties filing documents (e.g., notices of appearance) should do so in the lead case only.
Additional case and claims filing information can be found on the Chrysler page.
Public high speed wireless internet is now available at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, One Bowling Green, New York, New York, and the Poughkeepsie division. For information and pricing, click here.
CM/ECF users can now report filing errors to the Court through the "Report a Filing Error" program on the Utilities page of ECF. Instructions for use.
Restructuring information for Reader's Digest (09-23529 (rdd)) may be found at rdarestructuring.com
and 1-877-342-3990. Claims information can be found at kccllc.net/readers
The lead case is: In re Motors Liquidation Company, 09-50026; parties filing documents (e.g., notices of appearance) should do so in the lead case only.
General Order M-347 (Re: Adoption of Relief from Stay/Worksheet for Real Estate and Cooperative Apartments) [effective February 7, 2008]. Click here for a fillable version of this worksheet.
Restructuring information for Quebecor World (USA) Inc. - 08-10152(jmp) can be found at http://www.qwusadocket.com. The site for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors is www.QuebecorCommittee.com.
Judge Glenn Assigned to Chapter 13 Cases in Manhattan Office. Effective immediately, all chapter 13 cases in the Manhattan office are assigned to Judge Martin Glenn.
Official Forms 22A, 22B and 22C Are Revised (Effective 1/01/08)Effective January 1, 2008, Official Bankruptcy Forms 22A, 22B and 22C have been revised. The revised forms conform to new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) standards.
Please note that the Bankruptcy Court's divisional office in Poughkeepsie has moved. The new address, effective immediately, is:
355 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
[This divisional office was formerly located at 176 Church St. in Poughkeepsie.]
Additionally, please note that the telephone and fax numbers for this divisional office remain the same.
