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Overturning of Chevron Boosts Challenges to SBA PPP Loan Forgiveness Denials

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the Chevron Deference Doctrine calls into question several Chevron-based federal court rulings allowing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exclude many categories of...more

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Acting U.S. Attorney Levy Forecasts False Claims Act COVID Cases Targeting Private Lenders Of CARES Act Loans That Failed In Their...

Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy discussed the enforcement priorities for the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) during a Q&A session on May 29, 2024, and made clear that the historical focus of the office remains...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

The Rise and Fall of the Paycheck Protection Program

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The Long-Term Effects Felt by Lenders Nationwide. As a result of the United States government instituting the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), companies nationwide have defaulted on hundreds of thousands of PPP loans,...more

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Up Next: Lenders May Be the Next Government Focus for PPP Fraud

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INTRODUCTION - On 24 January 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the FRB) announced it entered into a consent order (Consent Order) with a member bank imposing an approximately US$2.3 million civil...more

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Paycheck Protection Program: SBA Discontinues Use Of Loan Necessity Questionnaire

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The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has officially discontinued use of the Loan Necessity Questionnaire previously required for forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans of $2 million or more...more

Baker Donelson

Borrowers Should Build a Record to Prepare for PPP Loan Forgiveness Appeals

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The Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness data shows that more than 182,000 PPP loan forgiveness applications are currently "under review" by the SBA. A March 22, 2021 joint...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

10 Things to Know about Second Draw PPP Loans as Updated for the Economic Aid Act and the ARP Act - Update #5

On January 6, 2021, the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) and the Department of Treasury released an Interim Final Rule called “Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Second Draw Loans” (“Second...more

K&L Gates LLP

They Know What You Did Last Summer: DOJ Announces First Civil Settlement Involving PPP Borrower

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The long-anticipated wave of civil enforcement actions involving participants in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has begun. On 12 January 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first civil settlement...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Second Draw PPP Loans: How to Qualify and What to Prove

Even with widespread distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, the pandemic is still not over and neither is the financial strain many businesses are feeling due to sustained lock-down orders. To aid these struggling...more

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Paycheck Protection Program Restart and New Interim Final Rules

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With the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program comes a pair of interim final rules from the Small Business Administration. Our Financial Services & Products Group explores the significant changes to the PPP brought...more

Wiley Rein LLP

PPP Loan Program Re-Opens

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As we recently detailed, on January 6, 2021, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued two Interim Final Rules (first rule and second rule) setting forth the regulations for the newly authorized round of PPP funding,...more

K&L Gates LLP

SBA Publishes PPP 3.0 Regulations and PPP Second Draw Loan Regulations

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On Wednesday, 6 January 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released new guidance on the existing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under Sections 1102 and 1106 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

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New Round of PPP Funds Available

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On December 27, 2020, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (Economic Aid Act) became law. This act reinstated the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by (1) making a new round of PPP funds...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Act Update: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes several updates to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) originally established by the Coronavirus Aid,...more

Snell & Wilmer

New COVID-19 Relief Bill Adds PPP ‘Second Draw’ Loans and Modifications to Original PPP

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On December 27, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”) was signed into law. This Act makes available $284 billion for second draw loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP-2”) and also makes important...more

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Get ready for Paycheck Protection Program Round 2: PPP Loans return in newest COVID-19 relief bill with added tax benefits and...

On December 21st, Congress passed a new COVID-19 relief bill titled the Consolidated Appropriations Act that provides for a variety of financial stimulus measures, including $325B in aid for small businesses, $166B in...more

Bracewell LLP

PPP 2.0: Expanded Lending For New and Existing Borrowers

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After months of stalled negotiations, Congress has passed sweeping new COVID-19 relief legislation that, among other things, revitalizes and revises the Paycheck Protection Program. The new legislation reopens the program to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act Provides Additional Funding to Small Businesses Under the...

In response to the continued market disruption and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act, or the Act, on December 21, 2020 as a part...more

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SBA and Treasury Department to Increase Scrutiny of PPP Loans

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The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) updated the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) frequently asked questions on Dec. 9, 2020, indicating PPP borrowers that obtained a PPP loan of $2 million or...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

SBA’s New PPP Loan Necessity Questionnaires Target PPP Recipients with Loans of $2M

On October 31, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a Notice in the Federal Register seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the collection of information through, among other...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SBA Releases Questionnaire for PPP Economic Necessity Certification for Borrowers of $2 Million or Greater

All applicants for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act were required to certify in good faith that current economic uncertainty made the PPP loan...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: New SBA Forms Asking Key Necessity and Liquidity Questions

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Borrowers of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of US$2M or more will be required to complete a new form as part of the Small Business Administration (SBA) review process, which appears to ask key questions about private...more

Baker Donelson

PPP: SBA Issues Guidance on Changes in Ownership and Full Forgiveness Eased for Smaller Loans

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Changes in Ownership - As a result of Congress creating the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as part of the Small Business Administration's 7(a) loan program, Congress encumbered PPP loans with many of the rules, regulations...more

Saul Ewing LLP

SBA Issues PPP Loan Guidance Regarding M&A Transactions

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The U.S. Small Business Association (the “SBA”) released on October 2, 2020 a Procedural Notice providing guidance as to a change of ownership of companies (a “PPP Borrower”) which received a loan (a “PPP Loan”) through the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Where Did the Money Go? The Government’s Review and Investigative Plans for PPP Loan Fraud Take Shape

Six months into the largest and most extensive economic relief program in American history, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) are now grappling with the potential for fraud...more

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