On April 23, 2020, Congress passed and President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law the “Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act” (Act) to increase funding for paycheck protection program loans (PPP...more
4/24/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Federal Funding ,
Financial Institutions ,
FIRREA ,
Grants ,
Health Care Providers ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs
On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve, acting under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 USC §344), announced the creation of a new “Main Street...more
4/20/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Facilities ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Lenders ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Main Street New Loan Facility ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
Special Purpose Vehicles ,
Term Sheets ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the $2.2 trillion "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" (CARES Act) legislation aimed to provide economic relief from coronavirus...more
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the $2.2 trillion "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" (CARES Act) legislation aimed to provide economic relief from coronavirus...more
Michigan small businesses affected by COVID-19 may now apply for loans and grants through the Michigan Economic Development (MEDC) website.
Earlier this month, we published an alert detailing the $20 million State of...more
China announced new policies to further open its financial sector to foreign investors in November 2017, and has recently updated its timetable to implement these policies. On April 10, 2018, President Xi Jinping made a...more
On April 5, 2016, the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section (“DOJ”) issued its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Enforcement Plan and Guidance (“Guidance”), which announced (1) a more than doubling of DOJ resources...more
4/12/2016
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Individual Accountability ,
Popular ,
Remediation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Reporting ,
Voluntary Disclosure
After 24 rounds of negotiations, former Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming announced on March 23, 2016, that the United States and China have resolved several key roadblocks and are close to signing a U.S.-China...more
On September 21, 2015, the 16th session of the Central Leadership Group for Comprehensively Deepening the Reform adopted “Opinions on Implementing the Negative List System for Market Access” (Opinions) announcing that China...more
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has extended the deadline for first-time filers of BE-10 forms to June 30, 2015. The BEA is willing to consider reasonable requests for extension, provided that the extension...more
A lot of attention has been given to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Court of Appeals) unanimously ruling against President Barack Obama relating to his order stopping Chinese...more
The “Provisions on the Liability for the Repair, Replacement and Return of Domestic-Use Automobile Products” (the “Provisions”) issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)...more
Chinese currency (renminbi or RMB) is not an internationally convertible currency. A Chinese company needs to convert its RMBs into internationally circulated currencies to pay for imported goods or convert foreign currencies...more
12/10/2012
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice released A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practice Act....more