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On June 18, 2025, the CFPB published its 2025 Section 1071 Interim Final Rule. Lenders covered by the 2024 Section 1071 Interim Final Rule should know what the 2025 Rule is changing, how it affects them and what they can and...more
As previously reported, in addressing the fact that current stays of the section 1071 small business data collection and reporting rule only apply to the applicable plaintiffs, intervenors and their members, the CFPB advised...more
Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) motion for summary judgment on all Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges brought...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations released its 2021 Examination Priorities and issued a risk alert noting that “Digital Asset Securities” entail characteristics and...more
Struggling businesses adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic now have access to a second round of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) stimulus funding enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard Hit Small Businesses,...more
Starting around October 26, 2020, the Small Business Administrations (the “SBA”) asked Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) lenders to provide certain questionnaires to PPP borrowers with loans of $2 million or greater. There...more
Lenders play a large role in the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan forgiveness review and appeals process. The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the “Economic Aid Act” or “PPP2...more
On January 19, 2021, the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) in consultation with the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) posted new forgiveness application forms and the Interim Final Rule on Loan Forgiveness...more
On January 6, 2020, the SBA published its 26th Interim Final Rule (the First Draw PPP IFR) and 27th Interim Final Rule (the Second Draw PPP IFR)[1] with respect to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as reauthorized and...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the Economic Aid Act) (Pub. L. 116-260) into law to provide continued assistance to individuals and...more
In June and December of 2020, Miller Canfield reported that the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits had held that the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may exclude debtors in bankruptcy from consideration for Paycheck Protection...more
This week the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released updated Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) interim final rules which incorporate new requirements imposed by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses,...more
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that it is rolling out a simpler loan forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $50,000 or less. The SBA claims the new, more streamlined...more
On October 8, Treasury issued a new Interim Final Rule Re Additional Revisions to Loan Forgiveness and Loan Review Procedures Interim Final Rules (new IFR), along with a new Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508S and...more
The past decade has taught lenders much about regulatory enforcement risk. In the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis and collapse of the housing and related markets, the Department of Justice and other agencies...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), recently released a series of Frequently Asked Questions (the Forgiveness FAQs) focusing on forgiveness of...more
On August 11, the SBA issued an Interim Final Rule regarding the appeal of SBA loan review decisions made under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The Interim Final Rule is immediately effective, and while many lenders...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
Since the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) and the U.S Treasury Department (“Treasury”) have issued a...more
On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the Department of the Treasury released long-awaited FAQs providing guidance to both lenders and borrowers on Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan...more
On July 23, SBA announced that lenders may begin submitting PPP loan forgiveness requests to SBA on August 10. To assist lenders, SBA issued a Procedural Notice with new guidance regarding lenders’ reviews of forgiveness...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a rule that would establish that a national bank or federal savings association is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the date of origination, the...more
Last week, Arkansas saw its first class action where “agents” claimed entitlement to payment of fees under the Payment Protection Program (PPP). This class action illustrates another area of confusion surrounding the...more