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In March 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law establishing, among other things, the Payment Protection Program (PPP) administered...more
Struggling businesses adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic now have access to a second round of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) stimulus funding enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard Hit Small Businesses,...more
With the third round of lending through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) in full swing, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) – administrator of the PPP – has developed new guidance in consultation with the United...more
On August 24, 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (the “Boston Fed”) published an updated set of Frequently Asked Questions for the Business Facilities (defined below) and an updated set of Frequently Asked Questions for...more
Can BSA/AML Requirements Lead to Deemed Knowledge of Borrower Fraud? The first two weeks of August brought a milestone of sorts in the ongoing recovery from the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
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
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides emergency economic stimulus to small businesses and certain eligible recipients in response to the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), recently released a series of Frequently Asked Questions (the Forgiveness FAQs) focusing on forgiveness of...more
On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the Department of the Treasury released long-awaited FAQs providing guidance to both lenders and borrowers on Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan...more
On June 15, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) proposed the expansion of its Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”), which was originally established to support lending to...more
Last month, the U.S. Treasury and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness applications. The first was a new EZ PPP loan forgiveness application with instructions...more
During a House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) oversight hearing on June 30, 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hinted that clarification may be coming on whether agents helping small businesses apply for Paycheck...more
The SBA and the United States Treasury have now released a list of over 600,000 PPP loan borrowers who received PPP loans of $150,000 or more. This list includes the name of the borrowers, the general loan range of the PPP...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) is seeking public comment on a proposal to expand the availability of its existing Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”) to nonprofit...more
The Main Street Lending Program, authorized under the CARES Act and Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, is designed to provide financial assistance to small and medium sized businesses. There will be three Main Street...more
The troubles affecting the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) have been well documented. One critical issue is the fact that, while PPP lenders have been receiving their fees, PPP agents have not....more
The Federal Reserve Bank (the “Fed”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) announced preliminary details for the Main Street Lending Program (the “MSLP”) on April 9, 2020. Additional details and guidance as...more
On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced that the Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”) had been established under the authority of Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, with approval of the U.S. Secretary of...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to fine-tune the terms of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with the release of a fifth interim final rule on disbursements on April 28th (the Fifth Rule) and a sixth...more
On April 30, the Federal Reserve announced substantial changes to the initial terms of its Main Street Lending Program originally released on April 9, 2020: After receiving over 2,200 comment letters and consulting with...more
On April 30, 2020, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board released a set of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) relating to the Main Street Business Lending Program (Main Street Program), which was...more
On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve, acting under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 USC §344), announced the creation of a new “Main Street...more