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COVID-19: Bankruptcy Code Amendments in the Consolidated Appropriation Act and COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act

On March 27, 2021, President Biden signed into law the COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act (the Extension Act). The Extension Act temporarily extends certain COVID-19 bankruptcy relief provisions enacted as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), which were further amended and/or extended as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (the CAA). Certain of the amendments included in the CAA and the Extension Act are highlighted below:

Debtors and Paycheck Protection Program Loans

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, Coronavirus, Paycheck Protection Program, Small Business Administration (USA), CARES Act 2020 (USA)
COVID-19: Distressed M&A in the Era of a Pandemic--Part 3

Introduction

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Excess Policies at Issue Deemed Not to Attach Absent Actual Payment of the Amount of Underlying Limits by Either the Insured or its Underlying Insurers

Policyholders contemplating insurance coverage settlements with low-level insurers should use caution to preserve their ability to access higher-level excess policies. Excess insurers are increasingly disputing that underlying policies are properly exhausted where policyholders elect to settle with underlying insurers for less than full limits. The issue can be further complicated if the policyholder seeks protection under the bankruptcy laws against long-tail liabilities, as a recent case illustrates.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, Bankruptcy, Federal Reporter, Liability (financial accounting), Second Circuit, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for the Southern District of New York