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The Small Business Reorganization Act: How It Started. How it's Going. Where to Next?

By further expanding access to a streamlined Chapter 11 process, the SBRA will ensure that a wider array of debtors have the ability of reorganizing themselves, when Chapter 11 was previously too cost-prohibitive for such debtors.

9 minute read January 01, 2021 at 12:09 AM
By
Jack O'Connor
The Small Business Reorganization Act: How It Started. How it's Going. Where to Next?

Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA), which took effect earlier this year, added a new Subchapter V to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, intended to make Chapter 11 more affordable, efficient, and beneficial for small businesses (especially those whose owners might otherwise lose their equity in a traditional Chapter 11 case).

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