Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law on July 7, 2021, making Colorado the third state – California and Virginia being the other two – to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. There...more
Farmers today have incredibly sophisticated technology at their disposal to increase their productivity, such as drones, automatic equipment guidance and steering, in-field sensing systems, and yield monitoring systems....more
Vivint Smart Homes Inc., a smart home security and monitoring company with a financing program, must pay $20 million as a part of a settlement related to Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) allegations that the company violated...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how and where employees are able to work, and some employers are allowing their employees to continue to work from home despite restrictions lifting. While many revel in this new approach, it...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this week that April 26, 2021 is the opening date for collecting 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data. Furthermore, employers will have until July 19, 2021 to...more
Drones are quickly becoming a staple in agriculture – they are used for crop-dusting, surveying land, monitoring crop growth, among other things. Insurance adjusters are also becoming licensed to use drones to help assess...more
The Farm Credit Group here at Nexsen Pruet has compiled the highlights from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (recently passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021) that...more
The Internet is ablaze with news of the recently passed Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (Supplemental Act), which is part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Read on for how the...more
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as established by the CARES Act and subsequent guidance found in the PPP Interim Final Rules, provides loans and loan forgiveness based on borrower's certifications and documentation...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that approximately $15 million of funding is available to aid socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers/ranchers. This funding is made through the USDA’s Outreach and...more
Another program launched in the wake of COVID-19 is the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. This client alert will provide a brief overview of the program. Note that changes to the program are being considered, as the USDA...more
Much of a 2015 North Carolina law that was meant to stop activists from posing as farm workers in order to gain access to footage and information about conditions on farms has been deemed unconstitutional on Friday, June 12,...more
President Trump signed H.R. 7010 – the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (“PPPFA”) – into law on June 5, 2020. The PPPFA makes several sizable changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). This brief alert...more
On May 19, 2020 during a Senate hearing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced that Federal Reserve anticipates launching the Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”) near the end of May. As a result, media...more
The Small Business Administration has released much-anticipated guidance regarding forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. This client alert is provided on May 26, 2020 and, as all participants in this loan...more
For the many small and mid-size businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the recent CARES Act and other legislation adopted in earlier March 2020 offers businesses various resources for support to sustain business...more