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GAO Publishes Fiscal Year 2020 Bid Protest Statistics

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Effectiveness rate increases to 51 percent, the highest on record. GAO’s effectiveness rate increased to 51 percent from 44 percent in FY 2019 and 2018. GAO’s sustain rate increases to 15 percent from 13 percent in FY 2019....

Annual Reporting Considerations

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

COVID-19 Considerations. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SEC has twice issued guidance for public companies addressing disclosure considerations in light of COVID-19.1 This guidance remains useful as companies move towards preparation of their 2020 annual reports.

The Importance of Loan Underwriting When Restrictions on Bankruptcy Cannot Singlehandedly Save the Day: Sutton 58 Associates LLC v. Phillip Pivelsky, et al.

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

In sophisticated real estate financing transactions, most prudent lenders attempt to deter borrowers from filing for bankruptcy before loans are paid in full by providing in loan documents that such a filing constitutes an event of default.

The “New and Improved” Paycheck Protection Program

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

The omnibus budget act signed by President Trump on December 27 reinstitutes the Paycheck Protection Program, with significant changes. The act allows new borrowers to receive PPP loans and some existing borrowers to receive additional PPP funding....

AMR to Pay $162,500 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Ambulance Company Refused Reasonable Accommodation to Pregnant Paramedic, Federal Agency Charged - SPOKANE, Wash. — Nationwide medical transportation company American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.

Kuharchik: A Home Run for Heavy Highway Electrical Contractors’ Tax Obligations

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

This past summer, Cohen Seglias attorneys Roy Cohen, Ashling Ehrhardt, and Sydney Pierce obtained a victory for their client Kuharchik Construction against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Kuharchik Construction, Inc. v. Commonwealth.

Open for Business: Miami Welcomes Corporate Arrivals

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Miami is on the rise- again. A city well-known for its resiliency, Miami has been bouncing back from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic with a vigor that is the envy of other major American metropolitan areas....

President Trump Signs COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Extending and Modifying Key Employment Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Who Needs to Know - All employers covered by the FFCRA, employers attempting to recall or hire employees currently receiving unemployment benefits and possibly eligible for extended benefits, and employers who may conduct future furloughs, layoffs, or job eliminations....

FERC Proposes Incentives for Adding Cyber Protections to Electric Grid

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

At its December open meeting, FERC proposed to establish rules for incentive-based rate treatments for voluntary cybersecurity investments by a public utility.

President Trump Signs COVID-19 Stimulus Bill, Unlocking New Relief Spending

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

On Sunday, December 27, 2020 President Trump signed into law the $900 billion stimulus package enacted by Congress on December 21. His signature ensures that this new relief spending for individuals, families, workers, and businesses will begin to flow....

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