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La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia
Hipótesis de Negocio en Marcha
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What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Options Beyond Contract Termination or Default
Commercial Recovery
The Obligations and Responsibilities of Creditors’ Committees in Crypto Bankruptcies
Cannabis and Bankruptcy Laws
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Part 2: Additional Implications for Cryptocurrency Companies in Bankruptcy
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Legally Qualified: A Look at Recent Trends that May Affect Bankruptcies and Restructuring in the Year Ahead
The Critical Nature of Bankruptcy Dates and Deadlines
2022 Bankruptcy & Restructuring Outlook
Consensual Third-Party Releases
Kasey Ingram and Rocco Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance
When Machines Discriminate: The Rise of AI Bias Lawsuits - Over the past three years, businesses in the United States have rapidly adopted artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology – defined broadly as the ability of...more
At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, some commentators were preparing for a mass extinction event in the retail industry, characterized by hundreds of brick-and-mortar store closings, massive job losses, and numerous...more
Travel back in time to the Spring of 2020: people are searching for toilet paper and spraying down their groceries with Lysol. In addition, lenders are tackling the new loan programs created under the CARES Act. Lenders are...more
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig A. Gargotta rejected a debtor’s attempt to use “CARES Act” funds, which it did not actually qualify for, to pay creditors in its chapter 11 case. BR Healthcare Solutions (the “Debtor”)...more
It seems that every few years, we experience an unprecedented event that significantly affects the world. From a once-in-a-generation recession to a once-in-a-century pandemic, trade creditors and inventory lenders constantly...more
To be eligible for a Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loan, the applicant must certify on the borrower application that the applicant and any owner of 20% or more of the applicant are not “presently involved in any...more
In February 2020, just prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (Subchapter V) took effect. Subchapter V amends Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to allow certain individuals and...more
After the Paycheck Protection Program (the "PPP") was established in The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), enacted on March 27, 2020, debtors in bankruptcy cases applied for PPP loans. The...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruption across the globe, resulting in a significant uptick in U.S. restructuring activity. According to AACER, a database of U.S. bankruptcy statistics, an estimated 7,128 business...more
On December 27, 2020, in response to the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to supplement the CARES Act enacted in March 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”) was enacted. In...more
On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 became law. In addition to funding the government and providing coronavirus relief, the Act contains several intriguing amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. The...more
In June and December of 2020, Miller Canfield reported that the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits had held that the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may exclude debtors in bankruptcy from consideration for Paycheck Protection...more
On January 12, 2021, the Eastern District of California entered into a civil settlement with a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrower and its CEO to resolve allegations of fraud. The settlement stemmed from a $350,000...more
The Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 (“CAA”) enacted on December 27, 2020 bolsters the bankruptcy relief available to small businesses in several key ways. In June 2020, we outlined here ways in which the Small Business...more
The new Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020 (H.R. 133), includes within its 5,593 pages a number of new bankruptcy relief provisions for businesses as part of what...more
With the goal of providing financial relief to companies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) amended the Small Business Act to allow the Small Business...more
The Small Business Restructuring Act of 2019, Pub. L. 116-54, 133 Stat. 1079 (Aug. 23, 2019) (SBRA) became effective February 19, 2020. SBRA, among other things, created a new Subchapter V under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the...more
Citigroup has chosen it President, Jane Fraser, to replace CEO Michael Corbat when he retires in February 2021. Fraser will become “the first woman to lead a major financial institution in the United States.” She’s been with...more
New concerns from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission about Facebook’s protection of information from American government surveillance may soon force the social networking giant to “overhaul its operations to keep data on...more
In Washington - The divide between Democrats and Republicans continues as talks today have still resulted in no deal on a new coronavirus stimulus package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck...more
Bankruptcy Resurgent? The economic shutdown, and the ensuing recession, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have jeopardized the survival of many businesses and, in some cases, of entire industries. Notwithstanding the...more
Several recent bankruptcy court decisions reveal that a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Small Business Administration (SBA) from enforcing its rule that a debtor in bankruptcy cannot qualify for a Paycheck...more
The Small Business Administration on April 24 issued an update to an interim final rule, crystalizing its view that applicants that have sought protection under the US Bankruptcy Code are not qualified borrowers under the...more
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice upheld a decision by the country’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday that “Facebook had abused its dominance in social media to illegally harvest data about its users”—a “major victory for...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under which businesses adversely impacted by the pandemic may obtain loans from the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and use...more