US Trustee Flags Weil Gotshal Billing in NYC Landlord Bankruptcy

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP should see a reduction in fees for failing to follow proper billing protocols as lead bankruptcy counsel in proceedings launched by New York City landlord Pinnacle Group, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy oversight unit said.

Weil’s final application for fees in the Chapter 11 case for Broadway Realty I Co. LLC contains “block billing,” where certain time entries lump together a number of disparate tasks with a broad description, the US Trustee’s office said in a filing Thursday with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

This form of billing makes it ...