Thompson Coburn In the Know

23 Apr, 2020

COVID-19: When a bank loan restructure may not be a troubled debt restructuring (revised)

By Sarah Wade Garrett Fischer

Since our March 2020 blog post, the Federal banking and credit union regulators (FRB, FDIC, NCUA, OCC and CFPB) (collectively, the...

22 Apr, 2020

CARES Act funds: Significant new USED guidance includes surprises

By Aaron Lacey Christopher Murray Katie Wendel +1 more...

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education issued significant new guidance to institutions of higher education regarding their receipt...

20 Apr, 2020

Financial distress of the COVID-19 pandemic on not-for-profits

By Mark Bossi

Charitable institutions and not-for-profit entities (NFPs) are particularly vulnerable to financial distress because of the COVID-19...

17 Apr, 2020

It’s not infringing if it’s an authorized embedding

By Mark Sableman

If you have been itching to use someone’s social media content – despite all the warnings you’ve heard from copyright lawyers – there’s...

15 Apr, 2020

Force Majeure clause protection during COVID-19

By Kim Bousquet

Many food and beverage industry companies are assessing whether they can be excused from or enforce contract performance under force...

15 Apr, 2020

10 potential benefits for physicians under the CARES Act

By Nicole Jobe

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), signed into law on March 27, 2020, provides emergency assistance...

14 Apr, 2020

Playing the hand you’re dealt: Dealing with force majeure clauses like a Maverick

By Jeff Brown

During the COVID-19 pandemic, among the issues that are being discussed are "force majeure" provisions in various contracts. To attempt...

09 Apr, 2020

ED issues instructions to Higher Ed to obtain CARES Act funds

By Aaron Lacey Christopher Murray Katie Wendel +1 more...

Earlier this afternoon, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to institutional leaders detailing the process for securing the...

07 Apr, 2020

California Judicial Council enacts Emergency Rules to suspend eviction and foreclosure actions during COVID-19 pandemic

By Jeff Brown

Effective April 6, 2020, the California Judicial Council enacted eleven Emergency Rules of the California Rules of Court due to the...

06 Apr, 2020

Avoiding claims of deceptive advertising for COVID-19-related products

By Kim Bousquet

As businesses pivot to manufacture much-needed health and safety items such as masks, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes, they should...

06 Apr, 2020

6 data security tips for working from home

By James Shreve Luke Sosnicki Elizabeth Casale

This is a joint publication between Thompson Coburn’ Cybersecurity group, and Jarrett Kolthoff and Benjamin Auton of SpearTip Cyber...

06 Apr, 2020

InfoWars takedown over coronavirus misinformation illustrates value of Internet oversight

By Mark Sableman

Google’s recent removal of Alex Jones’ InfoWars from its Google Play service, because of false and misleading information it had been...

03 Apr, 2020

Air ball! Court rejects shot at copyright claim for NBA player tattoos

By Michael Nepple

Is it a technical foul to show NBA players’ tattoos in a video game? A federal judge in New York answered that question with the legal...

03 Apr, 2020

Supplemental Appropriations - COVID-19 Edition

By Christopher Murray

Supplemental Appropriations: Federal spending allocated outside of the regular appropriations process, often due to an emergency. I'll...

03 Apr, 2020

The CARES Act: More options for higher education

By Aaron Lacey Christopher Murray Scott Goldschmidt

In our first blog post concerning the CARES Act and higher education, we focused on those provisions specifically designed to provide...

02 Apr, 2020

Follow Up: Impact of Families First Coronavirus Response Act – Who is considered a “health care provider” or “emergency responder”?

By James Fogle

Previously, we discussed the impact of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on medical practices and health care providers....