On May 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a report regarding COVID-19 response metrics based upon its “observations from data obtained by 16 large mortgage servicers” from May through December 2021 (Report). This report is a follow-up to an August 2021 report regarding the Bureau’s observations from data obtained from…

On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress approved H.R. 133, referred to as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” (the Act). The legislation, signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 27, 2020, enhances and expands certain provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (the CARES Act) (H.R. 748) and changes the Paycheck…

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Greenberg Traurig’s Financial Services Insights. The impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been both unexpected and devastating. As the economic fallout spreads, financial institutions are faced with major challenges in how they conduct business and interact with their customers. This newsletter reviews significant cases and legal developments affecting

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Welcome to Greenberg Traurig’s LIBOR Transition Newsletter, where we provide updates, analysis, and occasional commentary on the latest developments relating to the highly anticipated phasing-out of LIBOR at the end of 2021 or perhaps sooner. Our sixth issue discusses the following:

  • The FCA Message is Clear: LIBOR Cessation is Coming, Notwithstanding Pandemic
  • Loan Markets:

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Legislative measures implemented by the Italian government in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to ensure a more favourable framework for the granting of new financing and tackling liquidity shortage to assist undertakings and financial institutions include the following within the full alert.

Read the full GT Alert, “COVID-19 Pandemic: Banking & Finance ‘Phase

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On June 11, 2020, the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released their latest guidance in the form of “Paycheck Protection Program –Revisions to First Interim Final Rule” (the Revised Interim Final Rule). This Revised Interim Final Rule amends the SBA’s initial interim final rule posted on April 2,…

On June 3, 2020, Congress passed the PPP Flexibility Act to loosen requirements for loan forgiveness for CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) borrowers. The new forgiveness rules will allow borrowers to extend the period for spending the loan proceeds to 24 weeks from the date of disbursement, an increase from the eight-week period originally…

On May 22, the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department released its latest guidance in the form of two interim final rules on loan forgiveness: “Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program –Requirements – Loan Forgiveness” and “Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program – SBA Loan Review Procedures…

Small businesses oftentimes rely on co-working spaces, which are facing two issues during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

  1. Some co-working spaces are staying open in the event that any of their users provide essential services – does this warrant charging continued fees to all users? Furthermore, because shared spaces may challenge company-wide safety guidelines,

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