JURIST

JULY 18, 2021

Additionally, the Lugano also ensures recognition of judgments across the member states, which in turn significantly reduces legal costs for individuals and small business seeking legal redress outside their home countries. As the UK officially left the EU in January 2020, its membership in the Lugano ended in December of last year.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Small Business Policy has joined Mayer Brown LLP as a partner in the firm's public companies and corporate governance practice, where she will counsel startups and established public companies on their obligations under federal securities laws and related corporate governance requirements.

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L4SB

MARCH 3, 2025

Most everyone is aware of the turmoil gripping the federal government right now. Maybe you’re directly impacted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its cuts to government ranks,

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

” The agency argued that the regulations embodied “legitimate government interests” to support small businesses and “promote social and economic equity,” including the general welfare of the state of New York.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2021

We are resolving to take action—not only [our] federal government, but our cities and our states all across our country; small businesses, large businesses, large corporations; American workers in every field,” Biden said at the summit, which was held on Earth Day. “The United States isn’t waiting.

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Blumberg

JUNE 1, 2021

What is keeping you from pursuing your dream, your big idea for a successful small business? There are quite a few methods to consider to finance your future small business. Let’s be honest–the statistic that 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years can be intimidating.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Philip Won — In our last blog post , we advised medical device companies to consider applying to FDA’s Small Business Program to help with the noticeably higher user fees for FY2023. In this blog post, we provide a primer on user fees and the Small Business Program.

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JURIST

JANUARY 28, 2024

Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work pioneering microfinance and microlending, which helps poor entrepreneurs start small businesses. In speaking with one reporter he asked: “Did the workers do this, or did the government do this?” Following this bail order, an appeal will now be heard against his case.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The government has introduced small businesses insolvency law reform, to assist businesses struggling with debt.

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Law 360

JULY 26, 2022

The federal government awarded a record $154.2 billion in contracts to small businesses in fiscal year 2021 as the number of small business contractors continued to shrink, the U.S. Small Business Administration said Tuesday in its annual procurement scorecard.

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L4SB

DECEMBER 29, 2021

appeared first on Law 4 Small Business, P.C. The post Can I Register a Disparaging Trademark?

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The rule will also reduce the current burden on third parties, including small businesses, that the government routinely relies on to fill in existing information gaps, the FTC said.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The indictment asserts that the hacking scheme targeted computer systems belonging to small businesses, government agencies, non-profit programs, educational institutions and religious institutions. One of these organizations was a domestic violence shelter.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

A report from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee has found that Fraud or improper payments accounted for more than $90 billion of the government’s emergency pandemic aid for the unemployed and small businesses, reports Bloomberg News in a story cited by Crains NY.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

Vermont National) on behalf of the US government under the False Claims Act. The False Claims Act makes any person who knowingly submitted false claims to the government liable for double the government’s damages plus a penalty of $2,000 for each false claim. Vermont National alleges that Dish defrauded the US government of $3.3

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Above The Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

However the tech-focused small business program proceeds, some lawmakers are calling for change in how SBIR operates, according to documents obtained by Breaking Defense. The post Lawmakers Propose Changes To SBIR As Program Renewal Deadline Nears appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

With an estimated over $63 billion lost to pandemic-related fraud, the establishment of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force would enforce a “whole-of-government” approach to identifying and recovering funds lost due to fraud. Pandemic-related unemployment fraud was estimated to be at $63 billion at the beginning of March.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Among the law-related GPTs you can find through the Legalpioneer site: Filming in Croatia , providing guidance on the laws governing film production in that country. ” IP Master for Small Business in the USA , which claims it is “expert in answering intellectual property queries for small businesses in the USA.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Abused COVID relief funds totaling $286 million, intended for small companies but siphoned off by con-artists using stolen or made-up identities, have been recovered by the federal government, according to the Secret Service.

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LLRX

JANUARY 31, 2021

Fraudulent Applicants for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and a Surge in Criminal Referrals from Small Business Administration; U.S. Capitol investigators use facial recognition, it begs the question: Who owns our faces?;

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

About 50 agents in a Small Business Administration office are sorting through two million potentially fraudulent loan applications. The federal government has already charged 1,500 people with defrauding pandemic-aid programs, and more than 450 people have been convicted so far.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 7, 2022

The budgeting and reporting process varies by city and is often opaque, making it difficult to compare and analyze how governments prioritized police and executed their budgets. In Fresno, the city allocated more than double of its Cares money to police than it did to COVID-19 aid ($36.6 In a report for the U.S.

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Law 360

MARCH 10, 2025

government, which accused him of lying to obtain Small Business Administration loans meant to help companies stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Florida businessman has agreed to pay more than $20 million to settle numerous alleged violations of the False Claims Act with the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 3, 2021

In May, a federal district judge agreed with the group that the Centers for Disease Control does not have the power to impose the policy, but she put her ruling on hold to give the government time to appeal. But she put her ruling on hold while the government appealed, and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

To them, the government must act to remedy racial disparities — regardless of cause — in employment, economic status, health care, education, housing, and countless other areas. Government has not confined efforts to prioritize equality of outcomes over equality of rights to the context of education. There’s a better way forward.

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Law 360

JULY 26, 2024

government has failed to show how the Corporate Transparency Act meets narrow exceptions to the Fourth Amendment's search warrant requirements, a group of small businesses told a Michigan federal court Friday in contending that the statute is unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

The relevant provision, the definition of “governmental unit” in the Bankruptcy Code, is undeniably broad, extending to include “United States; State; Commonwealth; District; Territory; municipality; foreign state; department, agency, or instrumentality of [any of the foregoing]; or other foreign or domestic government.”

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

From banks to major retailers, federal governments to small businesses, fraudsters aren’t discerning when choosing which type of organization to target. Quickly identifying patterns of behavior gives organizations, whether private or government-run, the ability to locate and root out fraud before it happens.

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Diane Drain

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), enacted on March 27, 2020, created the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), the now-familiar forgivable loan program administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”).

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In August, the Government Accountability Office provided a boost for small business joint ventures that are pursuing defense contracts in holding that the plain language of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Costs of this public holiday will be borne by small business, already struggling from the effects of COVID-19 shutdowns.

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LawTechnologyToday

OCTOBER 22, 2021

After all, compliance and security are just as important for small businesses as they are for global enterprises. In fact, according to a recent study by the National Small Business Association, 60% of cyberattacks in 2020 targeted SMBs. As far as cybercriminals are concerned, they are often seen as easy targets.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 3, 2021

In Chapter 7 filings, the CARES Act also amended the definition of “income” to exclude coronavirus-related payments from the federal government. As originally enacted, a business’s debts must be less than $2,725,625 in order to be eligible to file a case under Subchapter V.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

It also ties into a feeling that seems to be pervading government, that the "traditional media" can no longer be counted on to serve the needs of the public.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Estimates say some 60 percent of small business owners deal with legal problems without the assistance of a lawyer, and countless middle-income Americans go without legal help. The sponsors and exhibitors are focused on products for e-discovery, contract lifecycle management, large firm financial and business management, and the like.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It will also permit the Government to revoke personal or commercial licences for non-compliance with the orders. Employees that work in the Rideau Centre, and nearby small businesses and their employees, have been losing significant income.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to the White House , the National Climate Assessment is a critical resource for “[p]eople who make risk management decisions,” a large group that includes “local government officials, city planners, utility managers, healthcare providers, adaptation specialists, educators, farmers, and small business owners.”

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