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The House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure hearing titled “Leveling the Playing Field: Fostering Opportunities for Small Business Contractors,” originally scheduled for July 8 to address key...more
The federal government is actively trying to reduce its size and deregulate agencies across the Executive Branch. As noted in a previous Client Alert by Sam Finnerty, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has not been...more
Texas recently became the tenth state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law when its legislature voted in favor of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA). The bill was signed by Governor Greg Abbott on...more
As part of its ongoing investigation into the Federal Reserve’s administration of pandemic relief lending programs, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chair James E. Clyburn sent a letter to Fed Chair Jerome...more
In Washington: President Biden on Tuesday began what is expected to be a weeks-long sales pitch to tout the new coronavirus relief package. Biden visited Smith Flooring in Chester, Pennsylvania, a small business that received...more
The CARES Act created the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which amended the Small Business Act (“SBA”) to provided short term loans to companies with fewer than 500 employees and other companies (such as those in the...more
Four days after the election, an anxious America got the news: Donald Trump would be a one-term president. As administrations shift, so do priorities. How will a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration combat COVID-19’s effect...more
Join McDermott and BDO on Thursday, August 20 to hear about the latest updates concerning the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Our multi-disciplinary panel will cover the most pressing issues as of August 2020, including: ...more
In Washington: Any negotiations for a Phase Four deal stimulus package are tabled until Congress returns from its two-week recess on July 20. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has suggested the Senate will...more
In Washington: Congressional leaders will soon name the chair of the coronavirus oversight commission, which was created by the CARES Act to increase transparency and oversight of the coronavirus relief funds. Retired...more
In Washington: Democrats are pushing to add funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy changes affecting police departments in next year’s appropriations bills, threatening to further push back the...more
In Washington: On Saturday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said that the White House is targeting a phase four stimulus package focusing on American manufacturing that will be “at least $2 trillion dollars.” ...more
Our big news this week is that the American Bar Association asked the Small Business Administration to make marijuana-related companies eligible for relief funds....more
On June 3, 2020, Congress sent to the President for signature the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (Act). The Act amends the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to add time and flexibility for borrowers with...more
On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the House passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (“Flexibility Act”) 417-1, and, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the Flexibility Act passed the Senate. The bill is expected to be...more
On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed by voice vote the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act of 2020 (H.R. 7010). The House of Representatives had approved this bill with near unanimity on May 28. Generally,...more
On June 3, 2020, Congress passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Flexibility Act”). The Flexibility Act modifies several aspects of the forgiveness of paycheck protection program (“PPP”) loans...more
Lingering questions pertaining to loan forgiveness, a key feature under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES...more
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act - On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136 (the "CARES Act"). The...more
In Washington: The Senate is expected to pass the bipartisan fix, The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010), to provide more flexibility to the small business loan program soon. Senate Majority Leader...more
Earlier today, voting by proxy, the House voted 417-1 to approve legislation known as the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, giving small business owners greater flexibility to spend their PPP loan proceeds and...more
In Washington - The House will be in session on Wednesday and Thursday and is expected to vote on two bills dealing with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) giving small businesses more flexibility in the use of the...more
Leaders of Small Business Committee Reach Consensus on Bill to Extend PPP Loan Deadline, Senate Fails to Clear Measure by Unanimous Consent as Phase 4 Negotiations Likely to Dominate June - Bipartisan leaders of the Senate...more
On May 6, 2020, Senators Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D. Ore.), the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020 (S. ___), which would...more
Senate Elevates Bipartisan Calls for Revisions to Paycheck Protection Program - This week Senate Republicans and Democrats have underscored the need for a number of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...more