Apr 23, 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...
Apr 22, 2020 CARES Act funds: Significant new USED guidance includes surprises By Aaron Lacey Christopher Murray Katie Wendel Scott Goldschmidt +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education issued significant new guidance to institutions of higher education regarding their receipt...
Apr 20, 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...
Apr 17, 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...
Apr 15, 2020 Force Majeure clause protection during COVID-19 By Thompson Coburn Many food and beverage industry companies are assessing whether they can be excused from or enforce contract performance under force...
Apr 15, 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...
Apr 14, 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...
Apr 09, 2020 ED issues instructions to Higher Ed to obtain CARES Act funds By Aaron Lacey Christopher Murray Katie Wendel Scott Goldschmidt +1 more... Show less Earlier this afternoon, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to institutional leaders detailing the process for securing the...
Apr 07, 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...
Apr 06, 2020 Avoiding claims of deceptive advertising for COVID-19-related products By Thompson Coburn As businesses pivot to manufacture much-needed health and safety items such as masks, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes, they should...
Apr 06, 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...
Apr 06, 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...
Apr 03, 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...
Apr 03, 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...
Apr 03, 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...
Apr 02, 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....