The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program is proposing controversial new guidelines to rein in what some see as out-of-control attorneys’ fees in large corporate restructurings.

The guidelines, aired at a hearing on Monday in Washington, D.C., would affect any lawyer whose fees are paid by the bankruptcy estate — whether representing the debtor, creditors’ committee or any other court-appointed committee — in Chapter 11 cases with combined assets and liabilities of $50 million or more.