Tag Archives: Small business bankruptcy

How does a discharge of debt under the Small Business Reorganization Act differ from an ordinary Chapter 11 discharge?

By doug | Published: April 14, 2020

With the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) up and running as of February, 2020, Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code now has two separate sections that offer corporate debtors (and a few individuals) a discharge of their debts. This is something of a new frontier in American bankruptcy law, as up to now each chapter […]

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Massachusetts marijuana firms face squeeze: forced to close, but unable to get funds or get bankruptcy protection

By doug | Published: April 1, 2020

Entrepreneurs in the emerging legal market for cannabis products in Massachusetts are facing a triple whammy crisis: First, the market for recreational (sometimes called “adult-use”) marijuana products has been closed by government order due to corona virus distancing measures, plus these firms will find themselves unable to participate in federal stimulus plans, and after that […]

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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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Highlights of the differences between the new small business bankruptcy law and traditional Chapter 11 cases

By doug | Published: March 27, 2020

The Small business Reorganization Act of 2019 roared in to life six months after its passage, on February 19, 2020, just in time for businesses to test its effectiveness given the ongoing corona virus crisis. Most lawyers and business people have at least heard of the existing Chapter 11 laws — at various points Delta […]

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A guide to interpreting the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 without driving yourself crazy

By doug | Published: March 22, 2020

Before diving in to the details of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, take your gloves off. You’re going to need all your fingers to cross-reference the myriad of bankruptcy law passages that are cryptically referenced there. For a head start, keep reading: you can consider this guide a means of freeing up at […]

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New small business bankruptcy offers a lifeline to companies blindsided by the sudden economic downturn

By doug | Published: March 20, 2020

In late August of last year, the usually dysfunctional and bitterly divided Congress did something unusual: it passed a bill that was signed into law by the President (it was only the fifty-fourth law enacted in more than a year and a half of effort by the 116th Congress) . The subject matter of the […]

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