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What to Know About PPP Appeals and Next Steps - After the Economic Aid Act: An Updated Guide, ‎Part 4 - Update

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Update: On January 27, 2022, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued SBA Procedural Notice 5000-82766, SBA Loan Reviews of Paycheck Protection Program Lender Partial Approval Forgiveness Decisions (“2022 Notice”)...more

King & Spalding

PPP Loan Review Appeals

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The Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals (SBA OHA) has begun accepting appeals of certain SBA loan review decisions under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), pursuant to an SBA interim final rule on...more

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EAJA Provides Relief to Construction Contractor for Government’s Bad Actions

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In Vet4U, LLC v. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals awarded costs and attorney fees to the small business contractor that won its appeal pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA),...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

One Potential Remedy for FCA Overreach?

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Sixth Circuit awards attorneys’ fees to False Claims Act defendant against the U.S. government in case involving underpayment of Davis-Bacon Act wages. ...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

DOL Gets Reined In - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says the agency pushed too far in worker misclassification case

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As most employers know, the United States Department of Labor (DOL), along with many other federal and state agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has focused on pursuing employers for misclassifying...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fifth Circuit Sanctions DOL for Frivolous Claims Against Employer

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Employers involved in recent years in legal disputes with the federal government have noticed an increasingly aggressive litigation posture taken by federal agencies. The government makes extraordinary settlement demands, or...more

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Is the Claimant entitled to attorney fees when the government asserts an unreasonable position?

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In Tobeler v. Colvin, 2014 DJDAR 4845 (2014), the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit overturned the trial court’s decision rejecting a claim for attorney fees. ...more

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