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How the federal stimulus law will affect Chapter 13 debtors

By doug | Published: April 7, 2020

In response to the unprecedented impact from business shutdowns ordered to battle the Covid-19 virus during the spring of 2020, Congress passed a massive $2 trillion dollar stimulus package in late March. The new bill, which was debated for about a week on Capitol Hill, was quickly signed in to law by President Donald Trump […]

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Stimulus legislation increases access to small business bankruptcy procedures; up to $7.5M in debt can be restructured

By doug | Published: March 31, 2020

In August of 2019, Congress did something that’s become a bit unusual — it passed bipartisan legislation, and saw it signed in to law by the President. The particular bill was a sweeping change to the federal bankruptcy code that was intended to open up Chapter 11 reorganizations to small businesses for the first time.  […]

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