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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Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee reintroduced the Small Business Reorganization Act (SB 1091). SB 1091 is intended to streamline the process for small businesses (those with debts less than $2,566,050) that wish to use Chapter 11 to reorgan…
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In what may be a response to the Bloomberg article that discussed Merchant Cash Advances or MCAs, Sens. Rubio and Brown introduced federal legislation on December 6, 2018, to prevent confessions of judgments and related instruments. The text of the b…
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