EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
United Kingdom, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, K&L Gates LLP, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Bank of England
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act” or “Act”), a $2.2 trillion stimulus package designed to mitigate the widespread economic effects of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The Act includes several temporary modifications to chapter 7 and chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.[1] This alert details these modifications as follows:
Certain Federal Payments Excluded From Definition of “Income”