Local Rule RULE 2002-1: NOTICE TO PARTIES
Bankr. D. Mass. — General rule
RULE 2002-1. NOTICE TO PARTIES
(a) (a) Unless the Court orders otherwise, the moving party shall give notice to all parties entitled to notice under the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, MLBRthe Local Rules, or an order of the Court, of the following events:
(1) (1) the proposed use, sale, or lease of property of the estate; other than in the ordinary course of business;
(2) (2) the hearing on a proposed compromise or settlement;
(3) (3) the hearing on a motion for conversion or dismissal where notice is required under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002;
(4) (4) the deadline for filing objections to and the hearing on the adequacy of a disclosure statement;
(5) (5) the order approving a disclosure statement;
(6) (6) a proposed modification of a plan in a chapter 9, 11, 12, or 13 case;
(7) (7) the hearing on any applications for compensation in a chapter 9, 11, or 12 case or a chapter 13 case, except as provided in MLBR Appendix 1, Rule 13-7(b); if the request exceeds $1,000;
(8) (8) the time for filing claims in a chapter 9 or 11 case;
(9) (9) the time for filing objections to and theany hearing on confirmation of a chapter 9, 11, 12, or 13 plan; and
(10) (10) the order confirming a plan in a chapter 9, 11, or 12 or 13 case; and.
(11) all other events set forth in Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(f).
(b) (b) Unless the Court orders otherwise, motions to limit notice may be served only upon attorneys and parties who have filed appearancesan appearance and requested service of all notices and pleadings, any trustee and trustee's counseltrustee's attorney, the debtor and debtor's counsel, the twenty (20) largest creditorsthe debtor's attorney, if any, the United States trustee, any committee elected under 11 U.S.C § 705 or appointed under 11 U.S.C. § 1102 (or, if no committee has been appointed, the creditors included on the list of creditors filed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. and any Creditors' Committee51007(d)), and its counsel. attorney.
The notice required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(d)(1) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002-1(d)(2), to equity security holders, shall be given by the debtor-in-possession or the trustee. The notices required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(d)(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) shall be given by the moving party or plan proponent as applicable.