Texas Bankruptcy Court Eyes Labor Day Re-Opening, Hybrid Model

The bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas will re-open for in-person hearings after the Labor Day holiday, Judge Marvin Isgur told lawyers in a hearing Thursday.

• The Delta variant of Covid-19 could impact the re-opening, Isgur said
• The court, one of the busiest in the nation for large corporate bankruptcies, will use a hybrid hearing model going forward, Isgur said
  • Lawyers will be able to appear remotely or in-person
  • “Everything will be hybrid,” Isgur said. “It’s going to be a bit of a Wild West”
• Comments came in a Washington Prime Group bankruptcy hearing

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