DLA Piper has been granted an expedited hearing as to whether legal fees from the parent company of once-proposed Foxwoods Casino paid to the firm prior to the company’s bankruptcy filing were property of the estate, thus transforming DLA Piper into a creditor.
At the same time, Cozen O’Connor supplemented its filings in support of its application to serve as special litigation counsel in the bankruptcy after the trustee apparently questioned whether the firm faced conflicts. The supplementation would appear to have appeased the trustee, Kevin P. Callahan, who didn’t object to the firm’s retention at a hearing Tuesday before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Magdeline D. Coleman of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Coleman was set to enter an order approving Cozen O’Connor’s retention, according to someone who was in attendance at Tuesday’s hearing.
