Small Business Reorganization Postscript 2

SMALL BUSINESS REORGANIZATION ACT POSTSCRIPT #2

Recommendation of Technical Amendment to Repair Flaw in CARES Act Attempt
to Increase Small Business Eligibility under SBRA

Introduction

In a bulletin published March 30, the Academy announced enactment on March 27 of the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" (the "CARES Act"),1 and that the Act (applying only to cases commenced on and after enactment), amended subchapter V of Chapter 11,2 added by the . . .

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