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SBA Extends PPP Loan Safe Harbor Repayment Date to May 18, 2020

Last night, the U.S. Small Business Administration extended the safe harbor deadline for the repayment of Paycheck Protection Program loans from May 14, 2020 to May 18, 2020.

by Brian A. Cromer May 14, 2020
Client Alerts

New SBA Guidance on PPP Loans and the Necessity Certification: Safe Harbor for Loans Under $2 Million and SBA Remedies for Certain Adverse Determinations

Against a backdrop of considerable anxiety in the business community regarding many aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) today issued its promised guidance on how it will review a borrower’s good-faith certification of economic need in connection with a PPP loan.

by Brian A. Cromer May 13, 2020
Client Alerts

No Good Deed: Protecting Yourself and Your Business from a Governmental Investigation Concerning Your PPP Loan

In a time when more than $650 billion in stimulus funds are being pumped through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the potential for bad actors to create havoc for business owners reliant upon these mostly forgivable loans is almost guaranteed.

by Joshua F. Barnette and Michael Denbow May 13, 2020
Client Alerts

COVID-19 Scams: What Employers Need to Know

As businesses configure their workplaces to include new safety measures such as providing temperature checks, supplying necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) to employees, or installing hand sanitation stations, they must also be cautious of suspicious activities from fake suppliers, vendors, and other scammers attempting to exploit the current COVID-19 pandemic.

by Shannon Antle Hamilton May 12, 2020
Client Alerts

PPP Loan Update: Safe Harbor Repayment Deadline Extended from May 7, 2020 to May 14, 2020

In connection with the application process for a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan, borrowers are required to certify in good faith that “current economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant.”

by Brian A. Cromer May 06, 2020
Client Alerts

Four Important Environmental Law Changes Since You’ve Been Home

Stites & Harbison environmental attorneys address several environmental issues that have been on-going over the past couple of months in this combined client alert.

by William T. Gorton III, W. Blaine Early III, Jennifer J. Cave , Mary Lucille Noah (Mary Lu), and W. Patrick Stallard May 05, 2020
Client Alerts

Sudden Loss of Nationwide Permit 12 Threatens Future of Development Projects; Will Overwhelm the Corps of Engineers

A recent federal court ruling on the use of Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12), in connection with the Keystone XL pipeline project in Montana, threatens the feasibility of current and future development projects nationwide as the U.S. Corps of Engineers (Corps) braces for an increase in individual Clean Water Act (CWA) permit review.

by Mary Lucille Noah (Mary Lu) May 05, 2020
Client Alerts

Supreme Court Rules Proof of Willfulness Not a Precondition to Profits in Trademark Infringement Actions

On April 23, 2020, the United States Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and held that plaintiffs in Lanham Act trademark infringement cases do not need to show the defendant infringed willfully in order to recover the defendant’s profits.

by John W. Scruton April 29, 2020