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Join Us for the American Conference Institute’s 32nd Annual Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions, Litigation & Government Enforcement Actions

Troutman Sanders

Join Troutman Pepper Partner John Lynch for the American Conference Institute’s 32nd Annual Advanced Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions, Litigation & Government Enforcement Actions. The panel, which is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. –

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Business Insolvencies at their highest since 1993

UK debt collections

But the proportion of firms going bust was not as severe as during the 2008 global financial crisis, owing to more companies in existence, the government agency said. UK inflation is forecast to be close to the central bank’s 2 per cent target by this point, after rising to a 41-year high of over 11 per cent in 2022.

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630,000 UK Companies facing Insolvency

UK debt collections

Around 630,000 businesses were experiencing significant financial distress in the last quarter of 2020, ahead of the current lockdown, according to research by the restructuring firm Begbies Traynor. The latest research for Q4 2020 recorded the largest numerical quarterly leap (73,000) in financially distressed companies since Q2 2017.

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Webinar: Privacy: The Current Status of the CCPA and Compliance Challenges

Troutman Sanders

The CCPA, which took effect on January 1, 2020 and is being enforced as of July 1 st by the California Attorney General (“AG”), was the hot topic of conversation before COVID-19. While COVID-19 has impacted governments, businesses, and even many federal and state statutes and regulations, the CCPA appears to be immune.

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New York City DCA Issues Covert Regs Governing Interactions with Consumers Who Do Not Speak English

BN Lawyers

On June 11, 2020, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) released amendments to its debt collection regulations aimed at addressing communications with consumers who may have limited English proficiency (the “Amendments”). Fast forward to June 11 th when, to the industry’s surprise, these Amendments were published.

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The Final Say: Conversion from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 is Not a Given

PBWT

It is well-settled that if you are a debtor in chapter 11, you do not have the unfettered right to convert the case to a chapter 7 liquidation. In 2017, the debtor filed chapter 11, following years of ultimately unsuccessful litigation stemming, in part, from the co-trustees’ meritorious countersuit. 20-33, 2021 WL 941435 (B.A.P.

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A Cogent Opposing View on SBRA Flexibility

PBWT

I don’t know if Congress foresaw, when it enacted new Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Code [1] in the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”), that debtors in pending cases would seek to convert or redesignate their cases as Subchapter V cases when SBRA became effective on February 19, 2020, but it was foreseeable.

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