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(8-08-74575-reg): Harold S Berzow, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, Uniondale, NY.
NY; Kenneth Kirschenbaum, Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum, Garden City, NY.
(8-08-74573-reg): Harold S Berzow, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, Uniondale, NY.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, Uniondale, NY.
each request except [*4] for the Witz application.
granted after a hearing on notice to all parties required under Fed. R.
seek Bankruptcy Court approval of their fees.
may be directed by the Employer and accepted by the Trustee.
interim basis as compensation for services rendered as Plan administrator.
estate to make up any shortfall.
considered 'settlor expenses,' and may not be paid out of [ERISA plan funds].
In re Carolina Premier Medical Group, P.A., No. 00-82322C-7D (Bankr.
benefits and "defraying reasonable expenses for administering the plan."
on any fee request [*17] where ERISA statutes would apply.
general comments first, and then analyze the Applications separately.
Plan termination are found in the ERISA rules and regulations . . . ." Id.
duties pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 704(a)(11). Id. at 44 - 45.
the findings contained therein remain the law of the case. See Arizona v.
In re PCH Associates, 949 F.2d 585, 592 (2d Cir. 1991) (quoting 18 C.
Miller & E. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure § 4478, at 788 (1980)).
authority to award fees to the Trustee when acting as Plan administrator.
to consider and grant the Applications.
award based on the formula set forth in Bankruptcy Code § 326(a).
seeks $132,378.24 as a result.
their compensation under this section as well as Bankruptcy Code § 330(a)(3).
See In re Luedtke, No. 07-70924, 2011 WL 806003 * 3 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. Feb.
349 B.R. 725 (Bankr. D. Utah 2006); In re Ward, 366 B.R. 470 (Bankr. W.D. Pa.
B & B Autotransfusion Services, Inc., 443 B.R. 543, 2011 WL 144907 (Bankr. D.
2011 WL 144907 at *4.
who received the distributions are not creditors of the Debtors.
language of the statute first.
107 B.R. 548, 551 (N.D. Ohio 1988), aff'd, 889 F.2d 1087 (6th Cir. 1989)).
the interests of such spouse or co-owners, and of the estate.
611 F.2d 703, 706 (8th Cir. 1979); In re Johns-Manville Corp., 36 B.R.
(Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1984))." In re Circle Investors, Inc., 2008 WL 910062 at *4.
F.3d 335, 337-38 (2d Cir. 2006); see Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc. v.
resolve statutory ambiguity, we will [*31] resort to legislative history."
United States v. Bernier, 954 F.2d 818 (2d Cir. 1992); See Bowsher v.
Inc., 55 F.3d 90, 94 (2d Cir.1995).
293, 304, 123 S.Ct. 832, 154 L.Ed.2d 863 (2003) (other citations omitted).
Petrusch, 14 B.R. 825, 829 (N.D.N.Y. 1981), aff'd, 667 F.2d 297 (2d Cir.
48 L.Ed.2d 540 (1976) and Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535, 550-51, 94 S.Ct.
considered to affect the more particular provisions in a later law.
47 B.R. 251, 256 (Bankr. N.C. 1985).
In re NSCO, Inc., 427 B.R. at 180, 181.
the trustee. Id. at 181-182.
receiving compensation for his or her services in administering the Plan.
U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(B). See L.I. Head Start Child Dev. Services, Inc. v.
involving the assets of the plan.
approval from DOL, a court, or any other agency or authority. Engelhart v.
Consolidated Rail Corp., No. CIV.A. 92 - 7056, 1996 WL 526726 * 12 (E.D. Pa.
the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach or violation." 29 U.S.C.
Trustee before the Trustee takes any money for his services.
sought are reasonable. The case of Marshall v. Snyder, 572 F.2d 894 (2d Cir.
under 29 U.S.C. § 1106(a)(1)(C).
fee application is reasonable based on the nature of the services performed.
other than cases under this title.
$47,628.77 to K&K, subject to a 20% holdback.
Witz seeks final payment of $44,068.75 in fees and $3,755.00 in expenses.
retained by DOL to perform work on abandoned ERISA plans in the past.
other associates who were billed at lower rates.
Whitfield: $53,000.00 and $1,111.64 in expenses as a final award.

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