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Bankruptcy Blog
June 9, 2021

House of Cards?

Workout and bankruptcy professionals braced themselves for a wave of consumer and commercial bankruptcy filings because of the COVID-19 economic recession. Afterall, shuttered businesses led to the highest rates of job loss in recent memory. Business interruption and job loss usually result in bankruptcy filings. Instead, we saw a major drop in filings.

Bankruptcy Blog
June 18, 2020

What Happens When the Moratorium Ends?

Millions of borrowers continue to miss payments on personal loans, including auto, home and student loans. For the most part, these missed payments are consensual between the lender and the borrower. Otherwise, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) placed several temporary moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions of federally-backed loans. Additionally, most, if not all of the larger states and/or cities have instituted statewide or citywide moratoriums or limitations on trials, hearings and eviction procedures.