The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 25 - An Investigative Journalist’s Insight Into the COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force
The Briefing: COVID 19 Bill Stimulates the Economy and Changes in the Intellectual Property Law
#WorkforceWednesday: Congress Passes Relief Bill, EEOC's Vaccine Guidance, Return to Work Delayed - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Executive Actions, Right-to-Sue Notices, and Liability Shields
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
WEBINAR: Is the CARES Act Caring Enough?
Nota Bene Episode 83: Fraud Enforcement and Policing COVID Relief: What Businesses Need to Know with Chuck Kreindler
How to Navigate the After Effects of the U.S. Stimulus Packages
Nota Bene Episode 82: How Congress is Meeting the Pandemic: Stimulus, Relief, and Recovery with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
Employment Law Now IV-66 - Predicting the Next Stimulus Legislation and the Post-Coronavirus Workplace
COVID-19: The FFCRA & CARES Act--Update on Loan Programs, Tax Provisions & Employee Leave Provisions
COVID-19 Survival: The $2 Trillion CARES Act and Your Business
Episode 28: Universal Basic Income – Not as Far Off as You May Think
A journalist and a white-collar criminal defense attorney walk onto a podcast... Though it sounds like the start of a joke, this paired perspective shines new light on the federal government’s ongoing enforcement actions...more
INTRODUCTION - On 24 January 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the FRB) announced it entered into a consent order (Consent Order) with a member bank imposing an approximately US$2.3 million civil...more
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was intended to provide a fast influx of assistance to small businesses during the economic shock created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The speed with which loans were distributed to...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
The Congressional Oversight Commission released its 12th report on April 30. The report focuses on a $700 million loan to trucking company Yellow Corporation (formerly known as YRC Worldwide) under the CARES Act loan program...more
On January 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a settlement with California-based SlideBelts, Inc. (SlideBelts) and its president and chief executive officer in what is advertised as the country’s...more
At a September 10 press conference, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division has reached 57 criminal prosecutions for fraud in connection with the...more
In April, we wrote about the Georgia Attorney General's Office's warnings against deceptive advertising related to COVID-19 stimulus payments. In its guidance, the AG noted the possibility that representations implying that a...more
With $3 trillion of stimulus money already disbursed and $3 trillion more scheduled to be distributed to the American people in the near future, we’re taking a look at the type of oversight provisions included in the CARES...more
Many businesses and other borrowers, such as nonprofit organizations, that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are now several weeks into disbursing their PPP loans for payroll, mortgage or lease payments, and...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020, provided for the establishment and expansion of a range of economic assistance programs designed to help...more
On May 5, 2020, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) brought its first charges for defrauding the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”)....more
Criminal Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks. His response: “Because that’s where the money is.” Introduction - With the enactment of the CARES Act on March 25, 2020, the U.S. government appropriated $2.2...more
While uncertainty has been the overarching theme of the global COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is beyond doubt: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s distribution of more than $2 trillion in stimulus...more
With significant government intervention comes significant government oversight. That is the message coming from Capitol Hill and the Executive Branch concerning the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), a Small Business...more
The $1.4 trillion set aside for loans to small, medium and large businesses in the CARES Act stimulus package makes compliance more crucial than ever for U.S. companies. Any entity that receives government funds may face...more
The Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), is the most expensive piece of legislation ever passed and aims money at businesses to keep them afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. With nearly $500 billion...more
- The government has pledged to prioritize investigations and prosecutions regarding alleged frauds related to coronavirus programs. - The False Claims Act is the government’s primary enforcement tool to prosecute alleged...more
As the US federal government dedicates trillions of dollars toward containing and treating Coronavirus (COVID-19) and stimulating the national economy, it is also waiving many federal health program requirements to allow...more