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Coronavirus (COVID -19): Maintaining Business Operations in a Global Health Emergency

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2020 Virtual ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Consumer Protection Takeaways

We offer some key takeaways from three sessions focused on consumer protection.

Increase in Unemployment Claims Brings Heightened Risk of Fraud: How Employers and Employees Should Respond

As new unemployment claims rise, impostors seek to scam the unemployment system at the cost of the state, employees, and employers.

IRS Notices Provide COVID-19 Relief Covering Section 125 Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Spending Account Benefit Plans

Many employers have sought to leverage or make changes to their employer-sponsored benefits to address economic and health-related burdens faced by their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Virtual ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Merger Enforcement Takeaways

Highlights from two of those panels are discussed below.

SEC to Amend National Market System Plan Governing Consolidated Audit Trail

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 15, 2020, voted to adopt amendments to the national market system plan governing the consolidated audit trail (the CAT NMS Plan).

2020 Virtual ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Federal and State Antitrust Enforcement Takeaways

We offer some key takeaways from those sessions.

Giving Value to Representations and Indemnifications in Distressed Transactions

Indemnification obligations are used to allocate risk between a buyer and a seller in nearly all mergers and acquisitions transactions. 

ESRB Issues Labeling Requirement for Video Games Containing Loot Boxes

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) issued a new labeling requirement for games containing “loot boxes” in April 2020.

Stormy Weather: The Coronavirus Pandemic’s Impact on the Music Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic is upending the entertainment industry, with music, film and television, and other industry sectors experiencing profound disruptions to the status quo.

SBA Releases PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and Implicit Guidance on Requirements for Loan Forgiveness

The Small Business Administration (SBA) released an application for loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). 

Podcast Series: Mediating During The Pandemic

The viability of conducting virtual mediation sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The series includes conversations with neutrals and litigators for their take.