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  Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure took effect on December 1, 2008.  The amendments and new rules implement substantive and procedural changes to the Bankruptcy Code made by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. They will also supersede interim Bankruptcy Rules adopted generally by the bankruptcy courts in October 2005 when most provisions of the Act took effect. Because the new rules will supersede the interim rules on December 1, 2008, bankruptcy courts have been advised to repeal their interim rules when the new rules take effect on December 1, 2008. The amendments and new Bankruptcy Rules are posted at: http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/supct0408.html

  Electronic Learning Modules for Attorneys for CM/ECF version 3.2

Filing Fee payment announcement August 28, 2008 for all filers who use credit or debit cards to pay filing fees due the court.  Review it in Word or PDF format.    

Standing Order effective March 7, 2008 governing Objections to Confirmation

Beginning Monday, March 10, 2008, our Court implemented the Reduced Paper Module (RPM) within CM/ECF. This feature eliminates mailing of paper notices through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) to registered CM/ECF e-mail recipients. This removes the need for registered users to sort through duplicate paper and electronic notices. Under RPM, debtors, creditors, and other parties not registered as CM/ECF users continue to receive paper notices through the BNC. Since e-mail will be the only method of service to registered users, it is extremely important that all registered users update their e-mail address immediately in the event of a change. It is up to the attorney to ensure that they receive e-mail notices in a timely manner. An attorney can run the “Activity in My Cases” Report to verify what e-mails they should have received. The Clerk’s office cannot re-send any lost e-mails. However, the Clerk’s office will make every effort to ensure that e-mail delivery failures due to isolated circumstances beyond the recipient’s control are delivered when the problem is identified.

New Privacy Rules December 1, 2007: On December 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure implementing the E-Government Act of 2002 became effective. The amendments require that personal identification information be redacted from documents filed with the court — individuals' SSN and taxpayer ID numbers, names of minor children, financial account numbers, dates of birth, and, in criminal cases, home addresses.  More info 

Standing Order effective 11/5/07 governing Maximum Transcript Fee Rates. 

Beginning January 2008 hearing dates will be:
LONDON: First Wednesday after the 3rd Tuesday
LEXINGTON / FRANKFORT: First Thursday after the 3rd Tuesday.
No other divisions are affected, and hearing times remain the same.
As of 2007, all Frankfort motion day hearings are heard at Lexington (2nd floor courtroom) beginning at 10:00 a.m. See Standing Order effective June 1.   Full calendar.

Important notice about protecting your CM account from keylogger 

New Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing Options available

Quarterly fees increased effective 1/1/08 for disbursements paid by chapter 11 debtors.  Details

Browser Issues: Please note that CM Version 3.1 is designed to work with Netscape 7.2 and Internet Explorer 6, and may not function correctly with other versions of these browsers. (Pay.gov, the agency that processes credit card payments for the Judiciary, requires the use of Internet Explorer.) For those users who prefer to use Netscape to file documents in CM/ECF, you will need to choose the “Continue Filing / Pay Later” option for any accrued fees. Within 24 hours of accumulating the fee, the filer, or their designee, will need to login to CM/ECF using Internet Explorer (IE) to pay the required fee by selecting the Utilities Menu and choosing the Internet Payments Due option. Note: Netscape is no longer being receiving regular security updates.  Therefore, we can no longer support its use for accessing any governmental system, including CM/ECF!  Please ignore any reference to Netscape in this document.   It will eventually be revised to exclude Netscape.  

Summer 2007 Newsletter

Important notice about protecting your CM account from keylogger 

Beginning in June 2007 all Frankfort motion day hearings are heard at Lexington (2nd floor courtroom) beginning at 10:00 a.m. See New Standing Order effective June 1, 2007.   Full calendar.

Fee changes effective Jan. 1, 2007 & Miscellaneous Fee Schedule

New Standing Order effective December 1 revising hearing times. 

Changes to Docket Events re: Schedules and Petition Documents 10/06

New Standing Order eff. 10/1/2006 amending Interim Rule 1007

9/06: New Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing Options available