Legal Opinion
Yosef A. Maiman & Merhav (M.N.F.) Ltd. v. Spizz (In re Ampal-American Israel Corp.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 18, 2016No. 15 Civ. 6569 (KPF); Bankr. No. 12-13689 (SMB)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge
Appellants Yosef A. Maiman and Mer-hav (M.N.F.) Limited appeal from an order issued by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Bernstein, /.), authorizing Appellee Alex Spizz, the Chapter 7 Trustee of Am-pal-American Israel Corporation, to retain the law firm of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP as his general counsel, and denying Appellants’ cross-motion to disqualify the Trustee. Appellants argued below, and reiterate here, that the law firm is conflicted from representing the Trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 327,…
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