False Claims Act Insights - DOJ’s Reliance on FCA to Pursue Covid-Related Fraud
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 20 - Pitfalls and Perils: Employee Retention Credit Enforcement Trends
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
Podcast: Hot Areas in COVID-19 Enforcement, Testing, and Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Health Care Practices: Can They Seek Employee Retention Credits Based on Harm Caused By COVID-19?
Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Labor & Employment Podcast Series, Biden’s First 100 Days: A Check-In for Employers.
Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
The Year Ahead: COVID-19's Impact on the Employee Benefits Value Proposition
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New Round of COVID-19 Relief Expands Assistance for Employers
2021: The Year Ahead for Employers
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Dealing with The CARES Act and the Current Status of Offsets in Pennsylvania Workers Compensation
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was a federal law enacted in or around March 2020 designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who were suffering the...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the Chevron Deference Doctrine calls into question several Chevron-based federal court rulings allowing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exclude many categories of...more
Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy discussed the enforcement priorities for the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) during a Q&A session on May 29, 2024, and made clear that the historical focus of the office remains...more
The Long-Term Effects Felt by Lenders Nationwide. As a result of the United States government instituting the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), companies nationwide have defaulted on hundreds of thousands of PPP loans,...more
Two weeks ago, President Biden signed two laws extending the statute of limitations for civil and criminal fraud actions involving the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to ten years....more
On June 3, a federal court filing in the Southern District of Florida by an Atlanta-based FinTech company revealed that the small business lender is under DOJ investigation for alleged PPP loan approval practices. According...more
The federal government is substantially ramping up its enforcement of COVID-19-related fraud. In a press release issued yesterday, the United States Secret Service announced the naming of a “National Pandemic Fraud Recovery...more
On January 6, 2021, the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) and the Department of Treasury released an Interim Final Rule called “Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Second Draw Loans” (“Second...more
The economic response to the pandemic will continue to generate significant investigative scrutiny by Congress, inspectors general, and law enforcement—likely for years to come. The House Select Subcommittee on the...more
Soon after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) in March 2020, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved quickly to address potential COVID-19 related...more
Congress Restricts Chinese-Owned US Companies in Second PPP Loan Program - Last spring, as COVID began to threaten U.S. businesses, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”),...more
On January 12, 2021, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) settled its first civil action for alleged fraud against the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) – the primary lending program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...more
With the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program comes a pair of interim final rules from the Small Business Administration. Our Financial Services & Products Group explores the significant changes to the PPP brought...more
On December 27, 2020, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (Economic Aid Act) became law. This act reinstated the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by (1) making a new round of PPP funds...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes several updates to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) originally established by the Coronavirus Aid,...more
Four months after the expiration of the $659 billion forgivable loan relief program established by the CARES Act, the federal government has disbursed approximately 5.2 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans....more
On October 31, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a Notice in the Federal Register seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the collection of information through, among other...more
All applicants for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act were required to certify in good faith that current economic uncertainty made the PPP loan...more
Borrowers of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of US$2M or more will be required to complete a new form as part of the Small Business Administration (SBA) review process, which appears to ask key questions about private...more
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as established by the CARES Act and subsequent guidance found in the PPP Interim Final Rules, provides loans and loan forgiveness based on borrower's certifications and documentation...more
Tips on Preparing to Defend Against Allegations of SBA Loan Fraud During the COVID-19 Crisis - Federal emergency relief legislation—including the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)—has...more
While the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has provided much-needed relief to small businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in recent...more
Through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), banks certified as 7(a) lenders by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”)...more
Shortly after the Small Business Administration began accepting applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, two Rhode Island businessmen quickly applied for a combined $543,881 from the program. A few days...more
On 19 June 2020, in a major reversal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) previous position, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury announced that they will publicize additional data...more