Second-Wave Contingency Planning and Risk Mitigation Strategies - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
False Claims Act Implications for PPP and Disaster Relief Loans: What Small Businesses Should Be Ready For
As the Trump Administration’s tariffs are now in effect, owners, developers, and contractors managing pending construction projects face questions about who is ultimately responsible for impacts (both time and cost) resulting...more
How can proactive risk management strategies help businesses navigate regulatory and economic uncertainties? Proactive risk management strategies can help businesses navigate regulatory and economic uncertainties by...more
Private equity firms could face significant sanctions risks when doing business with entities connected to sanctioned jurisdictions (such as Russia)...more
In the highly regulated world of government contracting, strict adherence to compliance obligations and the ability to identify and manage associated risks are essential. This is the third and final webinar in PilieroMazza’s...more
Although there are occasions when formal insolvency proceedings are unavoidable, there are many cases where a consensual, out-of-court approach is more appropriate and desirable. We are often engaged to assist creditors,...more
Ideally, every retail lease strikes a reasonable balance between the interests of the landlord and the tenant and lays the groundwork for a mutually beneficial relationship. However, things do not always go according to plan....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Here we go again. The impending federal government shutdown may suspend many enforcement and consultation functions of the United States Department of Labor, including OSHA....more
With one day for Congress to enact appropriations funding federal government operations, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “Agencies”) each issued a contingency plan (the “Plans”)...more
Shutdown Showdown. Rather than hurtling into a federal government shutdown, this week has been more of a slow, gradual, depressing slide into the shutdown, as it became apparent this week that last-minute measures to keep the...more
Another federal government shutdown appears imminent as lawmakers reportedly remain deadlocked along partisan lines on an agreement to extend funding ahead of a 12:00 a.m. October 1, 2023 deadline. A government shutdown—which...more
The continued operation of the U.S. Government depends on an annual cycle of the House, Senate, and President agreeing on spending. The President submits the annual budget request to Congress, the House and Senate each work...more
The federal fiscal year for 2024 (FY 2024) begins on Oct. 1, 2023, and if appropriations bills have not been enacted before that date or a temporary funding measure – known as a continuing resolution (CR) – has not been...more
Corporations must innovate and set themselves apart from their competition to achieve long-term success, but they cannot act with reckless abandon in doing so. Rather, they must strategically plan their moves to proactively...more
On July 28, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)...more
On July 28, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the National Credit Union Administration (the “NCUA”) and the Office of the...more
Securitization, and structured finance generally, is a critical capital-raising tool for many companies. Utilizing one or more bankruptcy-remote special purpose entities to legally isolate the credit risk of quality,...more
Obtaining a contractor’s license can be a complex, patience-testing process, which is why so many large construction companies are utilizing several qualifiers to maintain licensure across multi-state territories. There’s no...more
Contractors learned many lessons from 2020-2022 on material/labor availability, price escalation, and contractual allocations of risk. Prudent contractors will consider this in contracts moving forward....more
Ms. Penny M. Wilson, CPM, authored a March 25th memorandum submitted to the Arkansas Department to the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Hazardous Waste Generator email...more
Most restructuring professionals will tell you that there is no “typical” restructuring. That is absolutely true. Every financially distressed business is different and the character and direction of its restructuring will be...more
Following the new Export Control Law of China that encourages all exporters to establish an internal compliance program, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has published guidelines for the internal compliance programs of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Aphena Pharma Solutions – Maryland, LLC (“APS”) entered into a February 16th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing certain alleged violations of the Maryland...more
M & M Realty Partners at Hagen Ranch, LLC v. Mazzoni, Case No. 18-13536 (11th Cir. 2020). A “binding financial commitment” from a third party, including a wholly owned business entity, is required in order to satisfy the...more
This Diagnosing Health Care episode focuses on contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies as health care businesses prepare for the long haul of overcoming a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
With its chaotic rollout, conflicting regulations, and breakneck disbursements, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is primed to create a wave of litigation. This includes actions taken under the False Claims Act (FCA),...more