The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created by the CARES Act to provide forgivable, low-interest loans to small businesses struggling to meet payroll and other basic costs in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, has distributed more than $500 billion in funds.

In normal times, many employees of New York businesses commute to and from their jobs in New York State from other states including New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Because these nonresident commuters perform services in New York, their employers are generally required to withhold New York income taxes from their paychecks.

Recent highly publicized outbreaks of foodborne illness have lead to an upsurge in foodborne illness lawsuits through the United States.

The private sector is showing creativity in combating price gouging during the COVID-19 era. Companies like Amazon and 3M successfully have defended their brands in the name of the public good.

On October 23, 2019, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 30(b)(6) that will increase the amount of work required to get a corporate designee to speak on behalf of a company.

Dubbed “essential” by the government powers-that-be, many manufacturers are being called on to continue operations as a core component of our nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 20, 2020, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks issued a memorandum order under which New York’s court system will allow electronic filing of new non-essential lawsuits starting on Monday, May 25, 2020.

Late on May 15, 2020, the Small Business Administration published information on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness process, including the Forgiveness Application and some much needed clarification on questions that have perplexed borrowers since the PPP debuted in the CARES Act on March 27, 2020.