Earlier this week, the federal government reopened the Paycheck Protection Program – and emphasized a renewed focus on preventing fraud and abuse. In today’s episode, Scott Peeler, Lynn Fiorentino, and Susan Tran from our...more
In addition to battling class certification, businesses swept into these class actions may be faced with consolidation motions in multidistrict forums.
The Arent Fox Class Actions group has been tracking COVID-19 class...more
8/21/2020
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Refunds ,
Retaliation ,
SBA ,
Whole Foods
While gearing up to get trillions of dollars into the economy, the government was also setting in place the mechanism to investigate and prosecute fraud related to these programs.
The CARES Act was signed into law on March...more
6/29/2020
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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
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