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PPP Round 2 – Why Will It Cost $6 billion More Than Round 1?
A couple of stealthy tweaks to the language in the rules for Round Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans will put […]
Bank Directors: What the Regulators, and Your Consultants, Aren’t Telling You About How to Satisfy Your AML/CFT Program Responsibilities
Fifteen Directors’ Tips In a recent LinkedIn post, a consulting firm published a blog titled “The Importance of a Board-level […]
Sponge Bob Square Pants, Alan Greenspan, Elton John, PPP Loans, and a Limited Safe Harbor
On April 23rd the Treasury Department added a 31st question and answer to its series of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) […]
Dusting off the Congressional Version of an “Aged Shelf Company”
On April 21, 2020, the United States Senate resolved “that the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 266) entitled […]
CARES Act and PPP Loans – Has the SBA Actually “Approved” Any PPP Loans? Or Are Its Deputies Doin’ All the Approvin’?
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that as of April 15th it had “approved” about 1,300,000 Paycheck Protection Program […]
CARES Act PPP Loans – Is There A Loan “Dead Zone”?
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law by the President on March 27, […]
“Descriptive & Memorable” – The Fed’s soon-to-be-published Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Website
The CARES Act, section 15010(g) (1) (A) requires that: “Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of […]
The Roger Stone Case – The Shenanigans Continue
Federal Court concludes that Roger Stone’s lawyers’ motion to disqualify Judge Amy Berman-Jackson is “nothing more than an attempt to […]
The Roger Stone Case – Whether Outraged or Relieved, At Least Be Informed
“A good deal of hysteria, some of it reflexive, much of it recreational” The media, social media, politicians, and pundits […]