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E-Verify COVID-19 Accommodation: New Temporary Rule for I-9 Compliance

By BrownWinick | 05.02.2020
On May 1, 2020, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that expiring list B documents used for the purpose of validating an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States may be treated as if the employee provided a valid receipt for the document for I-9 purposes. DHS reasoned that, “Because many areas are under... Read More

HHS Begins Distribution of Second Round of CARES Act Funding for Health Care Providers

By BrownWinick | 04.27.2020
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has begun distributing an additional $20 billion of funding for health care providers appropriated in the CARES Act.  HHS distributed the first $30 billion of funding between April 10 and April 17, 2020. That distribution was based on providers’ 2019 Medicare fee-for-service... Read More

Congress Injects an Additional $310B in Funding for the Paycheck Protection Program—Eligible Borrowers Should Act Quickly

By BrownWinick | 04.27.2020
Late last week, Congress passed—and President Trump signed—a new round of small business relief funding, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhance Act, which includes an additional $310 billion in funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). In just two short weeks, the first round of funding was exhausted, leaving many... Read More

COVID-19 Update: Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants

By BrownWinick | 04.23.2020
Summary The highly anticipated Presidential Proclamation which suspends entry of certain immigrants during the economic recovery period of COVID-19 has been signed and will be effective at 11:59 pm today, April 23, 2020. In short, the suspension affects a limited group of foreign nationals – those who are outside the United States and without a... Read More

Who Owns the Intellectual Property Rights Associated with Hydroxychloroquine?

By Jordan Meggison-Decker | 04.20.2020
As efforts to discover new treatments for COVID-19 continue, attention has been brought upon an old drug, hydroxychloroquine. The renewed attention follows several statements by the Federal Drug Administration (“FDA”) and issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization for use of hydroxychloroquine from the national stockpile for treatment of COVID-19.... Read More

CARES Act Provider Relief

By BrownWinick | 04.11.2020
The CARES Act provides $100 Billion in relief to hospitals and other healthcare providers. Beginning Friday, April 10th, the first $30 Billion of these funds were provided directly to Medicare participating healthcare providers. These funds were automatically deposited based on a calculation of 2019 Medicare fee for service claims. These funds are... Read More

Main Street Lending Program

By Amy Johnson | 04.09.2020
The U.S. Treasury released information today on its Main Street Lending Program (“MSLP”). Many at this point are familiar with the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) created by the CARES Act; the MSLP is being billed as the corresponding mid-size business program. More details are yet to come, however: The MSLP will enhance support for small and... Read More

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