The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 44 - A Recipe for Litigation: The Simmering Conflict Surrounding ERC Claims
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC
Employee Retention Tax Credit: Post COVID Updates for Healthcare Practices
Refresh: Setting up a New Charity for Disaster Relief
Navigating the Nuances of the COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
Navigating Potential COVID Relief and Healthcare Fraud Issues
Five Impactful USPTO Procedural Developments for Patent Practitioners
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems - The American Rescue Plan Act’s COBRA Subsidy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Texas House Passes Pandemic Liability Protection Act
Podcast: Employers and the American Rescue Plan - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Stephen Shaver on CARES Act Relief Funds and Healthcare Organizations
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
#WorkforceWednesday: The American Rescue Plan, OSHA’s New COVID-19 Directive, and NY Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine PTO - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - DOL’s Guidance on Continued COVID-19 Timeframe Relief
2021 Financial Services Priorities: Fairness and Equality
The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Healthcare Priorities and Landscape
Labor & Employment Issues During President Biden's First 100 Days
PPP Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
Podcast: Congressional Health Care Legislative Agenda - Diagnosing Health Care
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds
On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its long-awaited Mortgage Servicing Proposed Rule to amend Regulation X. ...more
Headlines 1. Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Funding Structure The Supreme Court has ruled that the statutory authorization that allows the CFPB to draw funds from the earnings of the Federal Reserve...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the January 2024 webinar....more
On April 7, HUD issued Mortgagee Letter 2023-08, which extends through May 31 the final date for borrowers to request Covid-19 forbearance and home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) extensions. The extension is intended to...more
On March 24, FHA reminded servicers about their obligation to inform distressed homeowners about the availability of financial assistance for FHA-insured mortgages, including single-family forward mortgages and home equity...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the Mortgage industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more
With interest rates rising and inflation and energy prices at record levels, the government, major mortgage lenders and the UK FCA have agreed a range of measures that firms can use to support their existing mortgage...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many states enacted, by executive order or otherwise, rules that have created both legal and procedural hurdles to a lender's ability to exercise its contractual rights, including the...more
Millions of homeowners have signed up for a forbearance under the CARES Act, which gives homeowners with a federally-backed mortgage loan the right to obtain a temporary reduction or suspension of mortgage payments by way of...more
On July 23, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released Circular 26-21-13, which announced a new temporary modification called the COVID-19 Refund Modification. The COVID-19 Refund Modification and the COVID-19...more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium expired on July 31, 2021. Meanwhile, at President Biden's request, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Secretaries of...more
In just a few days, on July 31, 2021, the national moratoriums on residential evictions and foreclosures are set to expire. With this deadline fast approaching, the Biden administration announced a new mortgage relief plan...more
On June 28, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized amendments to the implementing regulation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X, which would establish temporary...more
On June 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new rule (Rule) setting forth loss mitigation/loan modification steps residential mortgage loan servicers must take in regard to mortgage loan borrowers due...more
In Mortgagee Letter 2021-15 dated June 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) extended the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums for FHA insured single-family loans from June 30, 2021 to July 31,...more
On May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that extends the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for residential tenants and small businesses to August 31, 2021. The previous moratorium expired May 1,...more
CFPB Takes Steps to Avoid a Possible Wave of Home Mortgage Loan Foreclosures - The CFPB has issued guidance to mortgage servicers, including banks that service mortgage loans for third-party noteholders, that the CFPB...more
Last March, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) made several changes to the Bankruptcy Code, including those changes discussed in more detail here. As it...more
The global COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged widespread orders to protect renters and owners of commercial and residential real property. In this 50 state-by-state survey we offer a summary of cities and states that have...more
Update: As noted, New York State enacted Banking Law §9-x on June 17, 2020 as a means of providing forbearance relief to mortgagors that were experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently,...more
March 13, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary of President Trump's declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. Through the CARES Act, agency action and guidance, and various state laws and executive orders, governments across...more
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan of 2021. This legislation includes a Restaurant Revitalization Fund (“RRF”) for which Congress has allocated $28.6 billion in program grants for eligible...more
On March 1, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report titled “Housing Insecurity and the COVID-19 Pandemic” (the Report), which summarizes some of the relevant data and research on the impact of...more
On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, into law. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which passed in the U.S. Senate by a narrow 50-49 vote on March 6 and in the...more