By Alicia J. Samolis The Rhode Island governor has issued several new orders that affect Rhode Island businesses. Importantly, all Rhode Island businesses are now subject to regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island department of health pursuant to Executive Order 20-32. Specially, businesses must: (a) Keep a cleaning log documenting the date, time and location of cleaning...
The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we are preparing a series of articles discussing some of the more important legal issues to...
On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration released a supplemental Interim Final Rule that answered some of the questions being asked by many Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applicants and stakeholders. Further guidance on the loan program is anticipated, but this interim rule adds some additional clarity to the program’s parameters. One important...
There has been recent attention, both in the media and by the Small Business Administration (SBA), on the good faith certification required by applicants for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. The loan application requires a certification that “[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant.” Recent SBA...
By John Ottaviani, On April 28, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced extensions to the time allowed to file certain (but not all) patent and trademark related documents and to pay certain required fees. The USPTO had previously extended by 30 days the due date for filings due between March 27, 2020...
Nonprofit organizations with traditional reliance on event fundraising are now in a position to solicit donors in an alternate manner because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an opportune time to launch formal annual and planned giving programs, to the extent they are not in place at your institution. There are particular methods of giving...
The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we are preparing a series of articles discussing some of the more important legal issues to...
The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we are preparing a series of articles discussing some of the more important legal issues to...
On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) by providing approximately $480 billion in additional funding to combat COVID-19. The new relief package authorizes $310 billion to replenish the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which exhausted all...
The current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses online in order to survive. In many cases, businesses had no plans to be online. Others were forced to move online more quickly than planned. In order to assist these businesses, we are preparing a series of articles discussing some of the more important legal issues to...
