The pandemic—and shift to remote work—is speeding up a shift that has been years in the making.

The pandemic—and shift to remote work—is speeding up a shift that has been years in the making.

With a global pandemic and resulting economic fallout now posing an existential threat to many small businesses, the changes brought on by the SBRA, and recently enhanced under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, could not have arrived at a more opportune time, and are now available to provide small business owners the ability to restructure their debts while saving their businesses and many jobs.

With a global pandemic and resulting economic fallout now posing an existential threat to many small businesses, the changes brought on by the SBRA, and recently enhanced under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, could not have arrived at a more opportune time, and are now available to provide small business owners the ability to restructure their debts while saving their businesses and many jobs.

The IndyBar exists to serve members of the legal profession, and through our members we serve the community. Lawyers are problem-solvers, defenders of the rule of law. We spend our days seeking to improve the lives of our clients and our communities. We have an opportunity and a privilege to help. 

The IndyBar exists to serve members of the legal profession, and through our members we serve the community. Lawyers are problem-solvers, defenders of the rule of law. We spend our days seeking to improve the lives of our clients and our communities. We have an opportunity and a privilege to help. 

With uncertainty as to when the pandemic will ease, bankruptcy courts do not seem to be a panacea leading to successful reorganizations or orderly liquidations for troubled companies.

With uncertainty as to when the pandemic will ease, bankruptcy courts do not seem to be a panacea leading to successful reorganizations or orderly liquidations for troubled companies.

Indiana Legal Services, Prosperity Indiana, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic and the Indiana Institute for Working Families (collectively, ILS) recently filed a petition asking the Indiana Supreme Court to engage in emergency rulemaking “to protect Cares Act stimulus payments from attachment or garnishment by creditors.”

Indiana Legal Services, Prosperity Indiana, the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic and the Indiana Institute for Working Families (collectively, ILS) recently filed a petition asking the Indiana Supreme Court to engage in emergency rulemaking “to protect Cares Act stimulus payments from attachment or garnishment by creditors.”