Feb 11, 2021 | Claims and Disputes, COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Financial Services, Regulatory Compliance
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we are seeing positive signs, with vaccines being administered to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities and promises for broader rollout over the next several months. However, the full economic and financial impacts have...
Feb 4, 2021 | Claims and Disputes, COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Healthcare, Retail
In 2019, the so-called M&As (mergers and acquisitions) hit a record in Brazil, and the expectation was that, in 2020 alone, such operations would reach 1,350. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the great majority of potential M&A operations remained...
Oct 19, 2020 | Claims and Disputes, COVID-19 Recovery Funds
Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca write about how small businesses play an outsize role in the US economy, accounting for about half of all private-sector employment and nearly two-thirds of all net new job creation since 2000. Federal support for them is crucial to...
Sep 25, 2020 | Claims and Disputes, COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Financial Services
Second quarter 2020 COVID-19’s adverse impact on loan performance and current Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act financial reporting and disclosure relief arrived simultaneous to the implementation of the controversial Current Expected Credit...
Sep 16, 2020 | COVID-19 Recovery Funds
The Actual Impact of COVID and PPP Proceeds To apply for and obtain a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), applicants needed to certify that “[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan necessary to support the ongoing operations of the...
Aug 17, 2020 | COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Government Contracting
The CARES Act authorizes the government to reimburse qualifying contractors for the costs of providing certain paid leave to employees as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Defense Pricing and Contracting resource page provides information regarding reimbursement...
