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The CFPB has continued to announce additional procedural, rulemaking and administrative changes, with the latest being three postings to the Federal Register on June 18, 2025: 1) a final rule rescinding the Procedure Relating...more
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
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule extending compliance dates for its 2023 small business lending rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...more
On June 25th, the CFPB issued an interim final rule with a request for public comment extending the compliance dates for the Small Business Lending Rule in light of the Supreme Court’s decision finding the funding structure...more
As a part of Federal agencies’ issuance of their semi-annual Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda, the CFPB has published its Spring 2023 Agency Rule List (“2023 List”). In that List, the CFPB has set forth the status of its...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, a new COVID-19 relief bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, passed into law. A portion of that bill, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the “Economic...more
On January 6, 2021, Treasury issued two new Interim Final Rules (IFRs) addressing the new Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act’s (Act) creation of PPP Second Draw Loans, and the Act’s various...more
On January 6, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued its Interim Final Rule (IFR) for the original Paycheck Protection Program (PPP-1) to reflect changes to the program included in the recent Economic Aid to Hard-Hit...more
Borrowers applying for loan forgiveness under the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) should familiarize themselves with the SBA guidance regarding the loan forgiveness review process....more
Key Points - On October 26, 2020, the SBA announced its intent to require a Necessity Questionnaire for borrowers that received PPP loans of $2 million or greater. - The SBA intends to use the Necessity Questionnaire...more
The Small Business Administration’s questionnaires request information related not only to the economic condition of the borrower at the time it received the PPP loan, but also about its economic experience after receiving...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
Below are the ten important things to know about the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan Forgiveness Applications and the detailed instructions for the applications posted on June 16, 2020, and October 8, 2020. There are...more
In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...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
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
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
Congress recently passed the economic stimulus package referred to as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act1”), the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (“PPPHCE Act”),...more
Originally published on April 14, 2020. Last updated as of July 14, 2020. Since the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020, the U.S. Small Business...more
The U.S. Treasury and the SBA released two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Interim Final Rules on June 17, 2020 and June 22, 2020. A summary of the key points of these rules follows below....more
Revisions Incorporate Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, New Forgiveness Applications, and Recent Interim Final Rules - On June 16, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Treasury...more