24/7 work schedules not uncommon in corporate bankruptcies
Creditors of Washington Mutual Banks (WaMu) parent company suspected fraud when Judge Mary Walrath approved the final fees in the bankruptcy case this week.
August 03, 2012 at 07:50 AM
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Creditors of Washington Mutual Bank's (WaMu) parent company suspected fraud when Judge Mary Walrath approved the final fees in the bankruptcy case this week. The bills showed people working 24 hours a day, with no breaks for weeks. That couldn't be right, they said.
Actually, it could. Walrath was nowhere near as surprised to see such strenuous work hours as the creditors were. She was a bankruptcy lawyer before she was a judge, and knows that a 24/7 work schedule is business as usual for large corporate bankruptcies.
“The day I started at my firm they filed a huge Chapter 11 case and I did not take a day off for six months,” Walrath said.
With that in mind, Walrath approved $80 million in bills for Weil, Gotshal & Manges, WaMu's lead firm before regulatory seizure, and more than $70 million in fees for Alvarez & Marsal, which helped the company clean up its financial mess after regulatory action.
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of Washington Mutual, see below:
Creditors of Washington Mutual Bank's (WaMu) parent company suspected fraud when Judge Mary Walrath approved the final fees in the bankruptcy case this week. The bills showed people working 24 hours a day, with no breaks for weeks. That couldn't be right, they said.
Actually, it could. Walrath was nowhere near as surprised to see such strenuous work hours as the creditors were. She was a bankruptcy lawyer before she was a judge, and knows that a 24/7 work schedule is business as usual for large corporate bankruptcies.
“The day I started at my firm they filed a huge Chapter 11 case and I did not take a day off for six months,” Walrath said.
With that in mind, Walrath approved $80 million in bills for
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of Washington Mutual, see below:
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