McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC is a full-service law firm representing corporations, associations, institutions, small businesses and individuals, and is a long-standing member of ALFA International. With offices in Harrisburg, Lancaster, Scranton, State College, Frederick, MD, Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, DC, McNees continues its tradition of valued service, its philosophy of “Clients First,” and its leading edge spirit. Closely monitoring market conditions and offering progressive client assistance, the firm’s experienced legal counsel provides service in a number of areas to best serve companies of all sizes.

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PADEP Responds to COVID-19: How to Ask PADEP for a Temporary Suspension of Environmental Compliance Obligations

By Scott Gould, Steve Matzura & Errin McCaulley

April 2, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”) recently announced the availability of a process for requesting temporary suspensions of environmental permitting and regulatory compliance obligations. Regulated entities experiencing difficulties in meeting the terms and conditions of their environmental permits or complying with environmental regulatory provisions due to COVID-19 should consider submitting a form request to PADEP for relief. Completed forms must be submitted to RA-EPCOVID19SuspReq@pa.gov. While PADEP’s offices remain closed,…

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CARES Act: Paycheck Protection Loans Summary

By Tim Finnerty, Nicole Kaylor, David Noll & Benjamin Ward

April 2, 2020

With uncertainty looming in all corners of the world due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic, many employers are questioning how they can support the fixed costs of their business, especially in the face of total or partial shutdowns mandated by State governments. Those same shutdowns make other costs, like employee wages, liabilities that often cannot be supported by limited operations. In an effort to alleviate such challenges, on March 27th President Trump signed the Coronavirus…

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WAIVER DEADLINE & New FAQ Updates for Life-Sustaining Businesses

By Esch McCombie

April 2, 2020

If your head hurts, it might be because you are one of the many who have been thrown off the Life-Sustaining Business Roller Coaster, which has had more ups, downs, loops, and spin-arounds than any coaster at Hershey Park. At 4:00 P.M. yesterday, Governor Wolf released an updated FAQ for Life-Sustaining Business (“Updated FAQ”). Perhaps the most glaring change is that “[a]ll exemption requests MUST be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. on Friday, April…

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DOL Temporary Regulations Answer Questions About Employee Documentation Needed to Support Paid Sick and Family Leave Under the FFCRA

By Langdon Ramsburg

April 2, 2020

Yesterday, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) became effective, granting eligible employees emergency paid sick leave and emergency paid family leave in response to COVID-19. On the same day, after weeks of employers (and their attorneys) attempting to decipher the nuances of the leave requirements, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued temporary regulations, shedding light on many of the darkest and unknown corners of the law. For example, we now know that the emergency…

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Considering a Temporary Deferral on a Tax-Exempt Obligation? Don’t Forget About the Reissuance Rules

By Tim Horstmann

April 2, 2020

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated the news over the last several weeks, leaving municipalities, nonprofit organizations and businesses scrambling to determine the impact of this pandemic on, among other things, their finances. Many organizations have contacted their lenders in the past two weeks to seek out short-term deferrals of their payment obligations on loans. But what are the tax implications of such deferrals when an organization has a tax-exempt loan?…

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A Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: What This Means for State, County and Municipal Governments

By Erica Wible

April 1, 2020

On March 30, 2020, President Donald Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Commonwealth”) and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing. This declaration follows Governor Tom Wolf’s request on Sunday for a major disaster declaration from the President. Under the major disaster declaration, state, county and municipal…

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MORE FAMILIES FIRST GUIDANCE EMERGES – INCLUDING THE SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION

By Jen Will

March 30, 2020

While the world was still discussing Friday’s passage of the landmark stimulus CARES Act, the Department of Labor issued additional guidance regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Remember, the Response Act requires many employers to provide emergency paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specific reasons related to COVID-19. The April 1, 2020 effective date is looming, so if you have fewer than 500 employees, be sure to get those posters…

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Housing Construction: “Essential Critical Infrastructure” Says U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

By Esch McCombie

March 30, 2020

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), which executes the Secretary of Homeland Security’s authorities to secure critical infrastructure, updated its guidance on “what is” and “what is not” essential critical infrastructure to include housing construction. The addition is significant because Governor Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close their physical locations, including housing construction job sites, to slow the spread of COVID-19 (“Governor’s Order”). Interestingly, the Commonwealth’s webpage that provides information on …

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UPDATE: In-Person Notary Requirements Relaxed for Real Estate Transactions

By Claudia Shank

March 27, 2020

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, real estate professionals have struggled to get documents notarized while respecting social distancing requirements. The Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (RULONA), after all, requires an individual making a statement or executing a document to “appear personally” before the notarial officer. Recent direction issued by the Department of State which can be found here, however, indicates that the physical presence requirement in RULONA will be relaxed on a temporary basis…

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Pennsylvania Department of Revenue – Business Tax License and Certifications Extension Notice

By Paul Morcom

March 27, 2020

The Department of Revenue’s offices and customer service call centers are currently closed as the commonwealth takes steps to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania. As a result, the Department of Revenue is extending all business tax licenses and certifications that are set to expire until further communication is received from the department. This extension applies to: · Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy tax licenses · Public Transportation Assistance (PTA) Fund taxes and…

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McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC Blogs

Blog Authors

PADEP Responds to COVID-19: How to Ask PADEP for a Temporary Suspension of Environmental Compliance Obligations

CARES Act: Paycheck Protection Loans Summary

WAIVER DEADLINE & New FAQ Updates for Life-Sustaining Businesses

DOL Temporary Regulations Answer Questions About Employee Documentation Needed to Support Paid Sick and Family Leave Under the FFCRA

Considering a Temporary Deferral on a Tax-Exempt Obligation? Don’t Forget About the Reissuance Rules

A Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: What This Means for State, County and Municipal Governments

MORE FAMILIES FIRST GUIDANCE EMERGES – INCLUDING THE SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION

Housing Construction: “Essential Critical Infrastructure” Says U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

UPDATE: In-Person Notary Requirements Relaxed for Real Estate Transactions

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue – Business Tax License and Certifications Extension Notice

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