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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 39 - March 2024

It was a hurry-up-and-wait on the penultimate day of the 2024 Georgia legislative session. Each chamber went through fits and starts throughout the day on Tuesday, with cycles of advancing a flurry of legislation and special...more

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U.S. Attorney's Office Settles False Claims Act Allegations with Paycheck Protection Program Lender

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On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Southern District of Texas announced ​that it had reached a settlement with a bank that served as a lender under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to...more

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False Claims Act Case Tracker for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud - Update

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In the Spring of 2020, the Small Business Association (“SBA”) began administering the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP” or the “Program”) to provide SBA-backed loans to help eligible businesses maintain their workforces...more

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Taxing Times - July 2021

LATE RAPPER DMX OWED IRS NEARLY $700,000 IN TAXES - The influential rapper sold more than 74 million records worldwide. Rapper DMX owed the Internal Revenue Service $700,000 in unpaid taxes at the time of his death. ...more

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Taxing Times - June 2021

BIDEN TO INCREASE TAX AUDITS; MAY TARGET SMALL BUSINESSES - The president’s plan to scrutinize the tax returns of the wealthy may also target small businesses. President Joe Biden announced a plan to increase the...more

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Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

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US DOJ Criminal Chief Announces 57 “Main Justice” PPP Cases

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At a September 10 press conference, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division has reached 57 criminal prosecutions for fraud in connection with the...more

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Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's PPP Audit

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Part of the 2020 Business Solutions Series presented by by the Hampton Roads Alliance and Williams Mullen Charles E. “Chuck” James, Jr., co-chair of both the Firearms Industry Group and the White Collar & Investigations...more

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[Webinar] The 2020 Business Solutions Series: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's PPP Audit - August 13th, 11:00 am - 11:30 am ET

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Join us for a Zoom webinar to help you prepare for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) audits. Topics include: - Background on the PPP and evolving guidance - Treasury oversight and audits - Role of the Special...more

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Is My Company’s PPP Loan “Necessary To Support Ongoing Operations?” What If I’m Wrong?

This post has been updated on May 6, 2020 with new safe harbor deadline for repayment of PPP loans. Given the proliferation of adverse news articles and TV pundit segments about well-funded companies that have received...more

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Applying for U.S. Paycheck Protection Program Loans: Lessons Learned from Experience with TARP and Other Crisis Aid

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As former federal prosecutors, the authors have investigated and prosecuted individuals who committed various crimes relating to TARP funding and other crisis aid. With the passage of the U.S. CARES Act and more than $349...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - June 2019 #2

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FALSE CLAIMS ACT - Department of Justice – The DOJ announced that Richard Moore, the owner of Carolina Sodding Services, LLC, and Carolina Enterprises of the Lowcountry, LLC, agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve...more

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Feds Charge Alleged Sham Small Businesses Owners

On April 3, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted two Wisconsin residents and a construction business of fraud and other charges accusing them of wrongfully obtaining $200 million in contracts set aside for small businesses by...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Small Business Fraud Leads to Large Monetary Liability in Recent Cases

Two Washington, D.C. area government contractors have agreed to pay the government for their respective roles in defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in schemes to fraudulently obtain government contracts...more

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Indictment in $40M Alleged Fraud Case Signals Increased Scrutiny of SDVOSB Government Contractors

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On December 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the federal grand indictment of an army veteran for allegedly engaging in major government program fraud by using his status as a service-disabled veteran to...more

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2016 Antitrust Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2016 Antitrust Year in Review. In this report, we summarize the most significant antitrust matters and developments of the past year. We begin with a look at the...more

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