Published on October 31, 2022 – USCOURTS.GOV Personal and business bankruptcy filings fell 11.7 percent for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2022. Filings continued a fall that coincided with the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ac…
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The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) applauds the House of Representatives passage (392-21) yesterday of the S.3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act.” The Senate on April 7 had passed the legislation introduc…
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1. THE SUBCHAPTER 5 ELECTION. Chapter 11 now contains a “Subchapter 5” which applies only to “small business debtors” that make a so-called “Subchapter 5” election. See 11 U.S.C. §§ 1181-1195. Absent such an election, the small business…
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Credit card companies report increased use of credit cards, yet bankruptcy filings are historically low. The 2008-2012 experience teaches that consumers should not touch retirement funds to avoid the inevitable default. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news…
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The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) applauds the House of Representatives passage (392-21) yesterday of the S.3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act.” The Senate on April 7 had passed the legislation introduc…
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The Senate yesterday swiftly passed the amended S.3823, the “Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act,” via unanimous consent. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had recently introduced the legislative substitute to raise the…
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We posted the agenda for the omnibus hearing taking place on January 20, 2022, in the Mack Industries case. See our Mack Industries page for a copy.
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We posted the agenda for the omnibus hearing taking place on December 16, 2021, in the Mack Industries case. See our Mack Industries page for a copy.
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We posted the agenda for the omnibus hearing taking place on November 18, 2021, in the Mack Industries case. See our Mack Industries page for a copy.
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We posted the agenda for the omnibus hearing taking place on Oct. 20, 2021, in the Mack Industries case. See our Mack Industries page for a copy.
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We just posted the agenda for the Mack Industries omnibus hearing taking place on September 16, 2021. Visit our Mack Industries page for a copy.
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