On behalf of Lichtman Eisen Partners, Ltd. I have written a letter to the Illinois Congressional Delegation, Senator Duckworth and Senator Durbin, to urge them to revise and strike prohibitions on debt collection from the recently passed “COVID-19 HERO Act.”
Read MoreAs restaurants saw their revenues plummet and the usual monthly bills, like rent, continued to roll in, they began to panic. Hitz Restaurant Group (Hitz), a multi-concept restaurant operator based in Chicago, was one of them. The restaurant group leased space from Kass Management Services, Inc. (KSM) and on February 24, 2020, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors, KSM, citing the loss of sales from the COVID-19 pandemic as to why they were unable to pay rent.
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