Lawyers for the U.S. government are working without pay as bankruptcy cases grind on during the federal shutdown. And it looks like it will stay that way. Trustees, which represent the Department of Justice, have asked the courts to press pause on several bankruptcy cases while they’re on furlough, but so far they’ve been shot down.
A Delaware judge rejected the DOJ’s request to delay the bankruptcy of Promise Healthcare Group due to the U.S. Trustee’s limited ability to continue participating in the proceedings.
Promise Healthcare is an acute care facility that treats more than 9,000 people, and Christopher Sontchi, ...
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