Figuring out your financial situation is imperative in a bankruptcy petition. For starters, you need certain details to be able to correctly accomplish your bankruptcy forms. In case you’re hiring a bankruptcy lawyer, the information is also important for him or her to provide you with proper legal help with the right debt relief solution. Unfortunately, many potential filers go to bankruptcy lawyers without any idea what their financial situation is like.

Because of the safety protocols imposed in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many federal bankruptcy courts throughout the United States have adopted modified operations to ensure that physical distancing is observed at all times and to prevent beginning a contagion in a United States bankruptcy court.

COVID Has Exposed Many of Our Neighbors to an Ugly Financial Reality
The next 12 to 18 months is going to be financially difficult for many of our neighbors

New Law Governing the Paycheck Protection Program – June 5, 2020
SBA issues rules and guidance regarding the amended Paycheck Protection Program.
Legislation signed June 5 lowered to 60% from 75% the minimum percentage of PPP funds borrowers have to spend on payroll costs to have the loans forgiven.  Plus, extended the covered period from eight weeks to 24 weeks, after loan disbursement.

Subchapter V (New Bankruptcy law subchapter) and Who May be a Debtor?

In re Charles Christopher Wright, Case No. 20-01035-HB (Bankr. D.S.C. April 27, 2020), the Bankruptcy Court in South Carolina addressed the issue of who may be a “debtor” under new bankruptcy law Subchapter V (the new fast track bankruptcy chapter for small businesses).

The issue before the Court was whether business debt without an ongoing business was sufficient to meet the requirement of engaging in commercial or business activities under Subchapter V of the Bankruptcy Code.

Bracing for the next phase of the coronavirus recession: BankruptciesJune 9, 2020

Art Van Furniture, Bar Louie and True Religion all sell different products, but they all have one thing in common: Each has gone bankrupt this year, as the coronavirus-induced recession that started in February flattens businesses large and small.

Filing for bankruptcy is not an easy decision.You will need to weigh in factors such as your capacity to pay off creditors, the list of exempt property and nonexempt assets you have which will be placed in a bankruptcy estate, where you can get legal advice, and even how your credit score will be affected after filing.

June 3, 2020

The collapse of the New York City taxi medallion market will be remembered as one of the greatest government failures in Gotham’s history. The bankruptcies and foreclosures, the suffering and the suicides were not the consequences of market forces beyond the city’s control. Instead, this enduring crisis is the product of a deregulated, overpriced, over-leveraged market that the city not only failed to regulate, but also helped create through auctions, advertising and approvals of predatory transactions.