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Civil Settlement in PPP Loan Fraud Case Opens New Battle Lines

By Matthew D. Lee

January 23, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department announced its first civil settlement with a Paycheck Protection Program borrower alleged to have committed fraud in connection with this highly popular COVID-19 relief program. A bankruptcy online retailer and its chief executive officer agreed to pay $100,000 in damages and penalties to resolve claims that they committed fraud in connection with multiple PPP loan applications. The company, SlideBelts Inc., also agreed to repay its PPP loan in full. The Paycheck…

California Employment Law

What to Expect from a Biden/Harris Administration

By Nancy Yaffe

January 23, 2021

When it comes to employment laws, where California goes, the rest of the country often follows. Now that we have a Vice President from the golden state, we can certainly expect more California-centric influence in Washington DC. Curious about what that means? A higher federal minimum wage? More laws like AB5 to classify more workers as employees instead of contractors? More union activity? It is all on the table for sure. Fox Rothschild partners Steve …

North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog

Fourth Circuit Remains Remote For March

By Patrick M. Kane

January 22, 2021

The Fourth Circuit today announced that its March session of oral arguments would remain remote. The Court’s announcement can be found here: https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/news-announcements/latest-news-announcements/2021/01/22/suspension-of-in-person-oral-arguments-for-march-8-12-2021 –Patrick Kane…

Plane-ly Spoken

The 2021 Aviation Symposium

By Mark E. McKinnon

January 22, 2021

A Complimentary Event – Fully Virtual! – February 2-4, 2021 Time is running out! Don’t miss your chance to register for the 15th Aviation Symposium If you don’t register, here’s what you’ll miss: · David Copperfield, “the greatest illusionist of our time,” discussing flying, vanishing an airplane, Houdini “the aviator” and more · Former Chief NASA Astronaut and Shuttle Commander Hoot Gibson and representatives of Blue Origin, Space X, the NTSB, the FAA and others talking…

Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights

Fifth Circuit Issues New Test For Determining Conditional Certification in FLSA Collective Actions: I Am Giddy!

By Mark Tabakman

January 22, 2021

I have often lamented how easy it seems for plaintiffs to secure conditional certification in a FLSA collective action. A few Affidavits, often identical in content, are produced and then, voila, the plaintiff gets conditional certification which then inordinately complicates matters for the employer and makes litigating the case and, of equal import, settling the case, that much harder (and more expensive). Well, the Fifth Circuit might have just signaled that a change, a new…

Animal Law Update

USDA Supported Feral Swine Eradication Efforts in the United States

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M.

January 22, 2021

Feral swine, an invasive species, have been a problem for years if not decades, and populations have been reported in at least 35 states with a total population “estimated at over 6 million,” as noted by USDA. At least one swine herd was reported in New Jersey while I was serving as the State Veterinarian, at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, where we teamed up with the state Department of Environmental Protection and…

Immigration View

Trump Rule Restricting H-1B Visas Halted by Biden – Good News for H-1B Employers

By Alka Bahal

January 21, 2021

Yesterday, January 20, 2021, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued a memorandum regarding review of pending regulatory actions which directs, in part, that (1) all rules pending at the Federal Register that have not been published must be immediately withdrawn, and (2) agencies must “consider” postponing the effective dates for regulations that have been published, but not yet taken effect, for 60 days from the date of this memorandum. As a result, the…

Health Care Law Matters

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Open for Registration Only, New Reporting Guidance Issued

By Susan McNear Fradenburg

January 21, 2021

On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened the reporting portal for individuals who had received Provider Relief Funds (PRF) from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The portal is currently open for “registration” only. HHS has not yet set up the reporting portion of the portal and the date by which the first reports will be due is currently unknown. Who Needs to Register? Entities that received one…

Franchise Law Update

Winter of Despair followed by . . . a Spring of Hope?

By Craig R. Tractenberg

January 20, 2021

Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities famously opens with “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness … .” This opening could be applied to the results of the last political election, the public…

Pay or Play

Follow Up: Enola Holmes Case Settles, Leaves Unsolved Mysteries

By Jody Simon

January 20, 2021

Owners of copyright in characters are often well-advised not to press their claims too far in litigation at the risk of losing their rights altogether. This may be what motivated a quick settlement of litigation over Sherlock Holmes. In June, 2020, the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sued Netflix and others over their planned release of Enola Holmes. This was a movie starring Millie Bobbie Brown as Sherlock’s younger sister, a character not…

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Civil Settlement in PPP Loan Fraud Case Opens New Battle Lines

What to Expect from a Biden/Harris Administration

Fourth Circuit Remains Remote For March

The 2021 Aviation Symposium

Fifth Circuit Issues New Test For Determining Conditional Certification in FLSA Collective Actions: I Am Giddy!

USDA Supported Feral Swine Eradication Efforts in the United States

Trump Rule Restricting H-1B Visas Halted by Biden – Good News for H-1B Employers

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Open for Registration Only, New Reporting Guidance Issued

Winter of Despair followed by . . . a Spring of Hope?

Follow Up: Enola Holmes Case Settles, Leaves Unsolved Mysteries

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