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Despite Lame-Duck Status, Trump Administration Follows Through on Threat to Increase EU Product Tariffs

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

With less than three weeks remaining before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, the Trump administration launched the latest salvo in the decades-long trans-Atlantic dispute over government subsidies to the Boeing Company and Airbus SE.

New Grant Opportunity for Venue Operators Impacted by the Pandemic

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

After much anticipation, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 was signed into law on December 27, 2020.

Debtors Still Left in Doubt as to Availability of PPP Loans

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

The Comprehensive Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”), signed on Dec. 27, 2020, provides for a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans.

And So It Begins: The Great Government Look Back at the Effect of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

As 2020, thankfully, comes to a close, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the first of several reports on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes and the effectiveness of measures employed to prevent and address the disease.

Delayed Jury Trials Across New England Continue - What Options Do You Have in Moving Cases Forward?

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

Since March 2020, jury trials have been suspended at varying times in the six New England states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

COVID-19 Legislation: New Paycheck Protection Program Loan Rules Allow Second Round Funding and Deductibility of Expenses Paid with Forgivable Loan Proceeds

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

Key Points - Past and future PPP loan recipients can deduct PPP loan-funded eligible expenses for federal tax purposes even if the loan is forgiven....
By: Hanson Bridgett LLP

FinCEN Proposes New Crypto Record-Keeping Rules; SEC and CFTC Issue Digital Asset Guidance; SEC Closes 2020 With Multiple Enforcement Actions Against Blockchain Firms

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

FinCEN Proposed Rule Creates New Cryptocurrency Record-Keeping Requirements - On Dec. 18, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S.

Commerce entre le Canada et le Royaume-Uni : Remises de droits de douane à l’égard de marchandises importées pendant la transition

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

Le Canada a promulgué le Décret de remise pour la continuité commerciale avec le Royaume-Uni afin de permettre aux importations de marchandises de profiter des avantages tarifaires découlant de l’Accord de continuité commerciale Canada-Royaume-Uni (l’« Accord de continuité »), qui n’est pas encor

The New UAE Economic Substance Regulations (Updated)

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

EXTENSION ANNOUNCED - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced on 31 December 2020 the extension of the deadline for submitting the ESR’s notifications and reports.

Informal but Actual Notice of Bankruptcy: What Difference Does It Make?

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21

On January 3, 2021, in In re Ditech Holding Corporation, Case No. 19-10412 (JLG), an unpublished opinion, Bankruptcy Judge James L. Garrity, Jr., discussed an important distinction for creditors of a non-individual chapter 11 debtor versus those of an individual debtor.

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