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Congress provided a streamlined mechanism for small businesses to reorganize when it enacted the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 and added Subchapter V to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Subchapter V gives small...more
The U.S. Bankruptcy Code will be implementing inflation adjustments in its eligibility and exemption limits by 13.2% across various provisions. The official adjustments have been published in the Federal Register, marking the...more
Two recent bankruptcy court decisions reflect a split of authority on subchapter V eligibility. In re Macedon Consulting Inc. finds that all future amounts due under an unexpired lease qualify as “noncontingent and...more
A recent U.S. bankruptcy court opinion out of the Central District of California may have cracked the door open for companies formerly tied to the cannabis industry to pursue legal strategies using bankruptcy. Federal...more
In a welcome feat of bipartisanship, Congress passed a bill to restore the Subchapter V debt limit to $7.5 million, and President Biden signed it into law on June 21. ...more
In 2019, Congress enacted the Small Business Reorganization Act. This legislation created a new type of Chapter 11 reorganization under which certain businesses with total debts less than a certain threshold (currently $7.5...more
On June 7, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that the exceptions to discharge found in section 523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which ordinarily exclusively apply to individual debtors, also apply to...more
Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, which took effect in February 2020, creates a more streamlined and less expensive Chapter 11 reorganization path for small business debtors. Under the law as originally...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
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...more
Somewhere in our rough memories of high school science, we should recall the general principle that a gas will always expand to fill a given void. Although the Bankruptcy Code diverges markedly from scientific principles,...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
The paycheck protection program (“PPP”) has been one of the most popular aspects of the CARES Act (i.e., the initial legislation responding to the COVID-19 pandemic). Yet, as has been widely reported, debtors in chapter 11...more
“Timing in Life Is Everything” – John Sculley - Relying on a plain reading of Sections 1188 and 1189 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Judge Scott M. Grossman dismissed the Seven Stars bankruptcy case based on the debtor’s...more
Welcome to our first edition of Bankruptcy Chatter - our e-newsletter devoted to bankruptcy and creditors' rights. Our goal is to bring you the most up-to-date information, especially given this uncertain time during the...more
In the coming weeks, the Small Business Reorganization Act (the “SBRA”) will go into effect. As part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005—the most significant large-scale change to the...more
The term “small business debtor” originated in 1994 with Congress’s first attempt at a streamlined chapter 11 process for businesses that had insufficient assets to fund a typical bankruptcy reorganization....more