On May 7th, 2020, Professor Jared A. Ellias, on behalf of a group of bankruptcy scholars, sent a letter to Congress expressing their fear that a flood of bankruptcies is imminent and urging Congress to appoint more judges and increase budgets. You can read the full letter in the following link: “Bankruptcy and COVID-19 Working Group”
Coverage from the WSJ on May 8th: “Congress Urged to Bolster Nation’s Bankruptcy Courts“
Coverage from Bloomberg Law on May 8th: “Bankruptcy Courts Must Be Beefed Up Before Surge, Academics Say”