Local Rule RULE 3017-1: APPROVAL OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS IN CHAPTER 11 CASES OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS CASES AND CASES UNDER SUBCHAPTER V
Bankr. D. Mass. — General rule
RULE 3017-1. APPROVAL OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS IN CHAPTER 11 CASES OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS CASES AND CASES UNDER SUBCHAPTER V
(a) (a) Objections and Hearing on Approval Except as provided in MLBR 3017.1-1, after a disclosure statement is filed in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3016, the Court may schedule an objection deadline and hearing date. Notice of the time fixed for filing objections and of the hearing to consider final approval of the disclosure statement shall be given in accordance with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002(b). Upon motion and for cause shown, the Court may issue an order combining the hearing on the approval of the disclosure statement with the notice of the hearing on confirmation of the plan.
(b) (b) Prior to filing an objection to a disclosure statement, counsel tothe attorney for the party who intends to object (or the objector, if pro se) to the adequacy of the disclosure statement shall contact counsel tothe attorney for the plan proponent (or the proponent, if pro se) and confer by telephone or in person in a good faith effort to narrow areas of disagreement.
(c) (c) An objection to the disclosure statement shall be filed and served on the debtor, the United States trustee, the plan proponent, any chapter 11 trustee, any examiner, all members of any committee appointed under the Bankruptcy Code and its counselattorney, and any other entity that has requested service of pleadings in the case or which has been designated by the Court. Any objection to the adequacy of a disclosure statement shall contain a certificate stating that the conference required by section (b) was held, the date and time of the conference and the names of the participating parties, or a statement detailing the reasons why the conference was not held. The Court may overrule objectionswithout a hearing objection that are not accompanied by the conference certificate without a hearing. .