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Sba Offers Loan Assistance To Small Businesses Affected By Coronavirus
The Small Business Administration has announced Economic Injury Disaster loans up to $2 million for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The loan can be used to cover payroll, inventory and pay debt or other expenses. More information can be accessed at www.SBA.gov/coronavirus.
Amendments to Bankruptcy Code Go Into Effect in Time to Help Small Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In August 2019, Congress enacted the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”), in order to make small business bankruptcies faster and less expensive. The new subchapter to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code was enacted specifically for “small business debtors” which are defined to include individuals and entities such corporations or limited liability companies engaged in business or commercial…
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”)(H.R. 6201)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What Employers Need to Know In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) (H.R. 6201)—a bill which broadens the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and creates an emergency paid leave program in direct response to the coronavirus. Here’s what employers need to…
Bankruptcy News: Supreme Court Holds that Creditors Have Only 14 Days to Appeal Orders Denying Relief from the Automatic Stay
Bankruptcy News: Supreme Court Holds that Creditors Have Only 14 Days to Appeal Orders Denying Relief from the Automatic Stay Most creditors know about the “automatic stay”—i.e., the provision in the Bankruptcy Code that prohibits creditors from initiating or...
Employee Handbooks 101: Recent Examples of Unlawful Employment Policies
Employee Handbooks 101: Recent Examples of Unlawful Employment Policies Most employers know that a well-thought-out employee handbook is the starting point for effective employee management. By defining the boundaries of acceptable workplace behavior and setting...
Kerrick Bachert Supports Newspaper in Education
James D. Harris, Jr. Receives 2019 Kentucky Defense Counsel Diplomat Award
The KDC Diplomat award is given to a senior member of the Kentucky Defense Counsel, Inc. who has made significant contributions to KDC or to the defense bar. To be eligible for this award, the recipient must be a member of KDC and sixty-five (65) years of age or older. Jim began practicing in Alabama in 1967. He moved to…
How Long Does a Bank Have to Bring a Collection Action Against a Debtor in Default
How Long Does a Bank Have to Bring a Collection Action Against a Debtor in Default? f you asked most lawyers in Kentucky how long they have to file a collections suit against a debtor in default on a promissory note, they’d tell you “fifteen years.” After all, a note...
Attorney Matthew P. Cook Re-Elected to KBA Board of Governors
Kerrick Bachert Attorney Matthew P. Cook has been re-elected for a second two-year term on the Kentucky Bar Association’s Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is the governing body of the KBA; two lawyers from each of the seven Supreme Court districts in Kentucky are elected to represent their fellow attorneys on the Board. The Board hears attorney discipline…