# kaal:claim:2348463-014

**Claim.** The definition of representation in Revised Rule 2019 leaves it unclear whether attorneys who merely monitor a bankruptcy case for a client, without soliciting or advocating a position before the court, represent those clients for disclosure purposes.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- attorneys retained to monitor rather than advocate
- Revised Rule 2019 definitions of represents and disclosable economic interest

**Source quote.**

> it is unclear if attorneys who merely monitor a bankruptcy case on behalf of a client but do not solicit or advocate a position before the bankruptcy court "represent" their respective clients under Revised Rule 2019.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Hedge Funds’ Systemic Risk Disclosures in Bankruptcy* (2013), I. BANKRUPTCY DISCLOSURES, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hedge Funds’ Systemic Risk Disclosures in Bankruptcy (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2348463

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**Failure mode.** ambiguous definition of represents  (family: definitional-ambiguity)

**Topics.** systemic-risk, disclosure

**Keywords.** bankruptcy-rule-2019, definitional-ambiguity, representation, disclosure-avoidance

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