The government is running again, but federal district and bankruptcy courts and those who practice in them were shaken, to varying degrees, by the government’s 17-day shutdown at the start of the new fiscal year.
In Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, whose caseload includes many high-profile corporate cases, the most time-sensitive matters went forward, but many cases were postponed a month. “Some of our calendars are 200 pages thick. Getting cases back on the calendar will almost be unmanageable,” said Chief Judge Cecelia Morris. “It’s like the proverbial car accident. The first one was just a fender bender, but now cars are backed up 10 miles down the road.”
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