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News & Announcements
Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Fri, 05/02/2008
The United States Bankruptcy Court is offering attorneys two options for completion of the ECF training: (option one ) on-line training and (option two) on-site classroom training. On-site classroom training is offered to attorneys and their support...
Mon, 04/28/2008
The Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee is looking for practicing attorneys who are interested in serving on the Committee. There will be several positions open to non-judiciary attorneys for the Committee’s next term, which commences in June 2008....
Thu, 04/24/2008
An important computer room upgrade will be performed this Saturday approximately 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM. During this outage our CM/ECF "Live" server will be removed from service, but our "Replica" server will be available as a reference resource. One...
Mon, 04/21/2008
Mon, 04/21/2008
The Bankruptcy Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois have asked the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) to survey attorneys who have practiced in the district to assess the performance of each of the Bankruptcy...
Thu, 04/17/2008
For all who participated in our survey in September 2007, Thank You!
You gave us feedback and we listened. In an effort to measure the court’s success, during the week of April 21 and April 28 we will be conducting another survey of our customer at...
Thu, 04/17/2008
A revised version of form, "Required Statement to Accompany All Motions for Relief from Stay" has been published. Effective immediately, please use the new form when filing "Motions for relief from Stay".
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Tue, 03/11/2008
The Office of the United States Trustee will be moving from its Monroe Street location to the Dirksen Federal Court House over the weekend of Friday, April 4th. On that Friday, the Chicago UST office will have no access to telephones, fax machines,...
Fri, 02/29/2008
The Court’s Standing Order Regarding Filing of Payment Advices effective October 17, 2005 has been replaced effective June 23, 2008 by General Order No. 08-01 Regarding Pay Advices. For all Chapter 7 cases filed on or after June 23, 2008, pay...
Tue, 02/26/2008
To improve the accuracy of the Bankruptcy Case Opening process and in response to our customers' concerns, the system will be modified to require that the county field be completed for each case. Currently, the system defaults the county field to...