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The recent announcements around federal contractor requirements for mandatory vaccination and the upcoming OSHA Emergent Temporary Standard have created significant confusion for employers.
It’s important...more
10/1/2021
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Workplace Safety
Key Points
- On December 27, 2020, the new stimulus package appropriating an additional $284.45 billion for the PPP was signed into law.
- The categories of eligible uses for loan proceeds and forgiveness are...more
On August 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States.” The far-reaching EO seeks to ensure the domestic...more
8/13/2020
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- The Department of Justice (DOJ) will focus its civil enforcement activity on fraud and other illegal actions relating to COVID-19, including with respect to CARES Act stimulus programs and consumer products marketed for use...more
7/6/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Main Street Lending Programs ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
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Qui Tam
- The government has pledged to prioritize investigations and prosecutions regarding alleged frauds related to coronavirus programs.
- The False Claims Act is the government’s primary enforcement tool to prosecute alleged...more
- The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), contained within the stimulus package signed by President Trump on March 27, 2020, creates a $349 billion loan facility to help “small” businesses make payroll and pay certain other...more
Loans Under Paycheck Protection Program (Section 1102) -
Section 1102 provides $350 billion for expedited individual loans up to $10 million through approved lenders that are guaranteed 100 percent by the U.S. government....more
The Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 (50 U.S.C. §§ 4501 et seq.) grants the President broad authority to prioritize and allocate health resources. This includes two very separate and distinct authorities to (1) “require...more
- On March 11, President Donald Trump directed the Small Business Administration (SBA) to offer Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to small businesses and private non-profits impacted by COVID-19. The low-interest loans...more