News & Announcements

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.

Updated June 6, 2022

On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act.  The act states that “[o]nly an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated debts of less than $2,750,000 . . ....
Updated June 6, 2022

On January 9, 2020, the Court adopted several Interim Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure to facilitate the uniform implementation of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, including Interim Rules 1007, 1020, 2009, 2012, 2015, 3010, 3011, 3014, 3016, 3017.1, 3017.2, 3018, and 3019.  On...
Updated April 4, 2022

On April 1, 2022, adjustments to the dollar amounts stated in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and one provision of Title 28 went into effect. The adjustments impacted:   the eligibility to file a case under chapters 12 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code; the definition of a...
Updated March 3, 2022

The Court has adopted a number of revisions to its LMM Program.  Amended procedures and forms may be found at http://www.ncmb.uscourts.gov/loan-modification-management-program and are to take effect immediately.  For your convenience, here is a summary of the major revisions:  ...
Updated January 1, 2022

Expiration of Certain CAA Provisions Several provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) expired on December 27, 2021.  As a result, the following CM/ECF events have been disabled: Motion for Discharge Pursuant to Section 1328(i) Supplemental Proof of Claim...
Updated July 7, 2021

Exhibit 6 to DIP Memo Re: General Procedures (Monthly Operating Report, Non-small Business) (Revised: 06/2021) PDF DOCX     Chapter 11 Post-Confirmation Report (small business and non-small business) (Revised: 06/2021) PDF DOCX
Updated November 11, 2020

The Judicial Conference of the United States has approved adjustments to the miscellaneous fee schedule for bankruptcy courts, effective December 1, 2020. A list of changes may be found below.  An updated fee schedule will be posted on our website on December 1, 2020.    ...
Updated November 11, 2020

Please see the attached standing order issued by the Court on 4/21/2020 which adopts revised interim rule 1020.  

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