Earlier this month, the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) moved from a phase of “loan disbursement” to a phase of “loan forgiveness.” As explained in our August 11, 2020 Client Alert, the U.S. Small Business...more
Through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which was authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), banks certified as 7(a) lenders by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”)...more
On June 5, 2020, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (“HR 7010” or the “PPP Amendment”) into law, after the House passed HR 7010 on May 29, 2020 and the Senate adopted HR 7010 by a...more
On May 13, 2020, SBA issued new guidance with respect to a borrower’s good faith certification that “[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant,” as...more
On May 5, 2020, SBA/Treasury finally answered the important question of whether a small business located in the US needed to count the number of employees of its “foreign affiliates” in its size standard eligibility...more
Businesses now have one extra week to conduct their risk/reward analyses to decide whether to return their PPP loans. In prior guidance (Treasury FAQ 31 and 37), the SBA reminded borrowers that they “should review carefully...more