U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE David Godbey of Dallas recently ruled that a controversial provision in the new bankruptcy code that restricts the advice bankruptcy lawyers can give to their clients is unconstitutional.
Godbey made the decision on July 26 in Susan B. Hersh v. United States, et al., a suit filed last year by a Dallas bankruptcy lawyer who challenged three sections of the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act that relate to how attorneys interact with their clients.
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