Monthly Archives: May 2020
Lawsuit Accuses Agencies of Illegally Lowering Student Loan Borrowers’ Credit Scores During COVID-19 Emergency
In response to the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress provided for student debt relief in the recently adopted CARES Act. To be clear, Congress did not cancel any existing student loan debt. But it did order a temporary freeze on payments and interest for anyone who currently owes money on a… Read More »
How Recent Changes to Federal Bankruptcy Law Could Help Protect Your Florida Small Business
In 2019, Congress enacted the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA). This created a new provision of the federal Bankruptcy Code known as Subchapter V of Chapter 11. The idea behind Subchapter V was to give small businesses a “fast track” option for reorganizing themselves in bankruptcy without the need to go through the regular… Read More »