On December 27, 2020, the much-anticipated Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) was signed into law. The CAA contains several COVID-19-related amendments to the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq. (“Bankruptcy Code”), which may impact many types of creditors. The “Bankruptcy Relief” amendments are set forth in Title X of the
A Primer on Defenses to Bankruptcy Preference Claims
Your business provided goods or services to another company. Shortly thereafter, that company then files for bankruptcy, and owes your business substantial sums of money. After the filing of the bankruptcy action, you then receive a letter from counsel demanding that your business return all of the money the debtor paid to you in the