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Legal Profession Blog
PPP Fraud Draws Disbarment
The Georgia Supreme Court Court has disbarred an attorney who was convicted of wire fraudThe record before us shows that in November 2020, Norton pled guilty to one count of…
Commercial Litigation Update
The Continued Importance of PPP Appeals
By Theodora McCormick, Robert Lufrano
A recent analysis of data released by the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) suggests that the vast majority of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans extended to small businesses during…
Unpredictable
Comments on Recent Cases: October 2022
By Will Newman
Image creditPart of my work involves reading court decisions to keep abreast of how judges decide the types of cases I handle. Below, I share some thoughts on recent decisions.Court…
Healthcare Perspectives
DOJ Announces COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force Teams; Targets PPP Lender as Government Enforcement Actions Continue to Escalate
By Robert B. Hille, GRSD Healthcare Team
More than a year has passed since U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to utilize the resources of the U.S. Department of Justice…
BuildSmart
PPP Fraud and Appeals Update
By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson
While 2020 is (fortunately) in the rearview mirror, issues involving the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are (unfortunately) not going away any time…
Simple Justice
The Appeal Of Really Dumb Arguments
Some rando jumped into my mentions on the twitters in reply to a twit of mine about student loan debt forgiveness with the riposte, “but what about PPP loans”? I…
Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
DOJ Investigating FinTech Over PPP Loans
By Moorari Shah, A.J. Dhaliwal, Matthew Lin
On June 3, a federal court filing in the Southern District of Florida by an Atlanta-based FinTech company revealed that the small business lender is under DOJ investigation for alleged…
Bankruptcy Law Insights
Second Circuit Split Resolved: No PPP Loans for Debtors in Bankruptcy
By Robert L. LeHane, Ravi Vohra
In March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined a growing majority of courts with Springfield Hospital, Inc. v. Administrator for the U.S. SBA, holding that no…
Real Bankruptcy Intel
Opinion of Interest – Springfield Hospital, Inc. v. Guzman: Second Circuit Upholds Federal Government’s Ability to Deny PPP Loans to Bankrupt Companies
By Ambreen J. Ahmad, Aaron Gavant, Sean T. Scott
Recently, the Second Circuit became the first federal circuit court to rule that the federal government could deny a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan to a debtor in bankruptcy solely…
Milikowsky Tax Law Blog
SBA Loan Forgiveness Denial Appeal Process
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Small Business Administration (SBA) doled out Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans to qualified businesses. Over the course of the program, SBA granted over $809 billion…