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Paycheck Protection Program - What Has Changed?

Previously we reported on the various types of loan relief available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law on March 27, 2020....more

New Law Makes Major Changes to the Paycheck Protection Program

The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, H.R. 7010 (PPPFA) recently passed by Congress and signed by the president on June 5, 2020 makes significant changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in an...more

Relief for Middle Market Companies: New Details on the Main Street Lending Program

On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), which in its initial form consisted of two facilities through which the Federal Reserve would purchase participations in loans that met...more

PPP Updates: More Interim Final Rules, FAQs and Unanswered Questions from the SBA

Following the release of the second round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding, the Small Business Administration (SBA) posted several updates related to the PPP. ...more

Reconsidering PPP Eligibility – Should Public Companies and Financially Strong Borrowers Repay PPP Loans?

A number of public companies applied for and received potentially forgivable loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). To be eligible for a PPP loan a borrower does not need to demonstrate that it is unable to obtain...more

Keeping Track: Summary Chart of COVID-19 Federal Benefits and Programs for Businesses

In the past six weeks Congress has passed hundreds of pages of legislation aimed at assisting businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. It can be difficult to keep track of all of the programs and the dizzying array of new...more

COVID-19 Relief for Middle Market Companies: The Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program under the CARES Act

With lending now underway under the well-known Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) aimed at providing COVID-19 relief to small and medium...more

New Paycheck Protection Program FAQs Released

On the night of April 6, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of the Treasury released answers to updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) relating to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on the...more

SBA Issues New Guidance on Paycheck Protection Program

Following last Friday’s passing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), businesses are eager to obtain much-needed relief, but there are uncertainties about which forms of relief are available...more

Minnesota Revises Business Organization Statutes

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has signed into law revisions to several Minnesota business organization statutes including the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, the Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act,...more

Updates to Minnesota Corporate Laws

The Minnesota legislature is on the verge of approving several changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes (the MBCA), in order to modernize the statute and follow the lead of...more

Stinson Advises Two Harbors in $295 Million Public Offering of Series C Preferred Stock

Stinson Leonard Street served as lead counsel to Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE:TWO) in its $295 million public offering of 11,800,000 shares of its 7.25% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred...more

SEC Eases Pay Ratio Rule

Two pieces of guidance emerged from the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2017, with respect to the pay ratio rule. The guidance was issued by the Commission and the Commission's Division of Corporation...more

What Effect Will the New Revenue Recognition Standard Have on M&A?

The Financial Accounting Standards Board's new revenue recognition standard is expected to have wide-ranging effects on M&A transactions. The new revenue recognition standard under GAAP will be applicable to public companies...more

Effect of the New Revenue Recognition Standard on M&A

FASB’s new revenue recognition standard is expected to have wide ranging effects on M&A transactions. The new revenue recognition standard under GAAP (Accounting Standards Update 2014-09; Topic 606) will be applicable to...more

Preliminary Planning for the 2018 Proxy Season

Rule 14a-21(b) requires a say-on-pay frequency vote every six years. Many issuers included a frequency vote in their 2017 proxy because they were subject to the initial rules when they became effective for shareholders’...more

T+2 Settlement for Securities Transactions Takes Effect September 5, 2017

On September 5, 2017, a new SEC rule will take effect that shortens the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from three business days after the trade date, known as T+3, to two business days after the...more

New Law May Warrant Updates to LLC Documents

As of January 1, 2018 a new law the Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, or Chapter 322C, will apply to all Minnesota limited liability companies. Chapter 322C completely replaces the existing LLC...more

NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Member Expulsion under LLC Act

One of the features of the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA) that has been adopted in Minnesota and many other states is that it allows for an LLC to expel a member by judicial order under certain...more

Legislation Creating Small Business Advocacy within the SEC Heading to the President’s Desk

On December 10, the SEC Small Business Advocate Act was approved by the Senate, clearing the way for signature by the President. The measure, which creates an advocacy office for the interests of small businesses within the...more

House Passes Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act

On Monday, the House of Representatives passed the Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act (H.R. 6427) (the “Act”) by a vote of 398 to 2. The Act is actually a compilation of six measures that were...more

Final MNvest Rules Adopted

On June 13, the final administrative rules implementing the MNvest intra-state crowdfunding exemption were adopted. The MNvest Rules were first proposed back in November of 2015. Yesterday's publication in the Minnesota...more

Considering Regulation Crowdfunding’s Advertising Restrictions

Robb Mandelbaum has a nice piece up at Forbes that digs into the advertising limitations that are imposed by Regulation Crowdfunding. The whole piece is worth a read, and it sparked reactions in me in a couple of spots....more

Amendments to the Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act

On May 22, 2016 several amendments to the Minnesota Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, Chapter 322C of the Minnesota statutes, were passed into law. While most of the changes are immaterial or administrative in...more

New C&DIs on Regulation Crowdfunding

On Friday the SEC released a new set of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Regulation Crowdfunding ahead of the effective date of Regulation Crowdfunding on May 16. The C&DIs address issuer communications with the...more

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