Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-04-09 — Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2025: cross-connection with employee-retiree-bankruptcy-protections: Both bills reshape Chapter 11 priorities and restrict insider/executive distributions in reorganization plans. (novelty: 3)
2026-04-20 — Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026: HR8393 (Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026) introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee; stated purpose is to strengthen consumer protections and corporate accountability in bankruptcy proceedings, with substantive provisions not yet detailed in the abstract. (novelty: 2)