Thought Leadership Category: Insights

Stretto Managing Director Igor Roitburg and Erik Clark provide insight into the ins-and-outs of home-mortgage modification vs. refinancing and how professionals and their clients can be better prepared to navigate the issues of home-mortgage debt in the context of bankruptcy as originally published in NACBA’s Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Spring 2022 issue.

Stretto CTO George Tsounis and Peter Erubami examine how an agile transformation facilitates the technical evolution of a company by starting with the people first, and then moving onto the processes to make them more flexible in Legaltech News.

The federal government and housing lenders have taken dramatic measures to help U.S. homeowners stay in their homes despite the economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, as these protections expire, millions of Americans may still be unable to repay their mortgages.

Stretto co-CEOs Jonathan Carson and Eric Kurtzman elucidate on the need for the US government’s help with a solution assisting landlords and tenants to navigate the repayment process after the end of the eviction moratorium without further economic dislocation in Law360.

Michael A. Cohen and Colin Adams examine the specific pitfalls and considerations that debtors, creditors, and their legal and financial advisors should be aware of and approach carefully when preference actions are involved in retail industry restructurings in the New York Law Journal.

Stretto co-CEO Jonathan Carson joined Dan Loney of Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM Business Radio to discuss what could happen – and what should be done – now that the federal eviction moratorium has ended and thousands of student loan payments are set to resume. Listen to the full interview.

Travis Vandell, Chris Creger, and Susan Golden review the guidance issued by CMS in October 2020 following the amendments to the MAAP Program and discuss recoupment of MAAP payments by CMS from a provider in bankruptcy in the Journal of Corporate Renewal.

Kelly Rathbun and Scott Chernich explore the changes made by Congress to the Bankruptcy Code in response to COVID-19 and the impact for bankruptcy Trustees in Westlaw Today.

Co-founders and co-CEOs Jonathan Carson and Eric Kurtzman have an opinion column in Business Insider examining student loan forgiveness and a solution that policymakers should examine. 

Igor Roitburg and Ed Boltz anticipate how the home mortgage modification process can be improved and streamlined to assist those homeowners in distress – as originally published in NACBA’s Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Summer 2021 issue.