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SUMMARY:Should a Business Take the Paycheck Protection Program Money? Key Factors for Companies to Consider When Certifying Their PPP Need
DESCRIPTION:Congress designed the Paycheck Protection Program to use traditionally defined small businesses and certain other employers as conduits to move dollars from the federal treasury into the hands of American workers as quickly as possible to help offset the loss of income for many workers affected by business shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and to help some small businesses with fundamental expenses needed to “keep the lights on” during this time. The law was hastily conceived and its immediately effective implementing rules were constructed piecemeal without the benefit of traditional notice and comment rulemaking. The statute signaled that a number of companies who would not typically qualify for a SBA Section 7(a) loan could qualify for a PPP loan regardless of their ability to access to other forms of capital and for some others\, if they used NAICS code 72\, without taking into account some of the traditional affiliation rules. Unfortunately\, the demand far exceeded the $349 Billion of appropriated funding. Many foresaw this demand\, which lead to a race to the bank. Companies with access to lawyers and accountants quickly assembled loan applications. When some small businesses left out complained\, the media learned that some successful applicants were not customarily regarded as small businesses\, and some public companies\, facing intense media scrutiny\, decided to announce publicly that they would return approved PPP funds. Treasury also responded by first issuing FAQ 31 and later issuing FAQ 37 which cautioned many to rethink certifications made when applying for PPP loans and cautioned prospective borrowers to rethink whether they want to apply for such funds during the second $310 Billion allocation of funding. The key certification that Treasury has highlighted as it responded to the initial backlash is the PPP requirement that borrowers must be able to certify in good faith that the PPP loan is necessary to support ongoing operations taking into account current business activity and their ability to access other sources of liquidity. At the same time\, recognizing confusion that has arisen in the market\, Treasury dangled a carrot for business owners who wanted to re-evaluate the nature of their certification: any borrower returning funds by May 7\, 2020 may do so—no questions asked. While this action offered some comfort\, it created further anxiety as well\, among both approved PPP borrowers and possible applicants for the next round. \nThis webinar will help attorneys understand the changing legal landscape underlying the PPP and analyze varying factual situations relating to the necessity test to best help clients answer the questions whether they should return PPP loan proceeds and whether they should proceed with submitting PPP loan applications. \nThis course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE. \n\nAbout the Presenters\nDavid Cole is a partner with Holland & Knight’s corporate and securities groups. He assists public and private companies to complete domestic and overseas merger\, acquisition and divestiture transactions; raise equity and debt capital in public and private securities offerings; and obtain financing through private equity and venture capital investments. Mr. Cole also assists funds to acquire and divest portfolio companies\, and he represents borrowers and lenders in connection with senior credit facilities and other debt financing. Mr. Cole has closed more than $2 billion worth of debt capital and other securities offerings. Mr. Cole has helped companies acquire and sell businesses in the government contractor\, information technology\, electronics\, SaaS\, automotive\, clean-tech\, renewable energy\, chemical\, retail and media industries; conducted public offerings for financial services\, technology\, and energy companies\, government contractors\, real estate investment trusts (REITs)\, natural resource extractors and manufacturers; and represented lead arrangers of syndicated credit facilities and borrowers in the same industries. Mr. Cole also leads the firm’s Korea practice. He previously acted as in-house counsel for the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. \nDavid Surbeck is a Philadelphia and New York financial services attorney who represents lenders (including regional\, national and international banks\, debt funds and other lending institutions) and corporate borrowers\, in various banking and commercial finance transactions\, correspondent banking\, municipal finance\, structured and securitized finance\, and restructuring and workouts. Mr. Surbeck advises clients in syndicated\, club and single lender transactions\, including various secured and unsecured\, and specialty collateral structures. In addition\, he handles various senior\, split-lien and junior financing structures\, including cash flow and asset-based financing\, sponsor and acquisition financing\, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) financing and fund finance. His work includes a wealth of experience representing lenders and borrowers in a variety of industries\, including mortgage servicing\, healthcare\, government contracting\, heavy equipment\, construction and mining\, energy\, publishing\, law firm lending and security services. \nTim Ryan is a highly experienced financial services attorney who has an extensive background in representing clients in the structuring\, negotiation\, documentation\, and closing of a broad variety of lending and financing transactions. He represents lenders and arrangers in international and domestic syndicated\, club and single-lender transactions. Mr. Ryan’s practice extends to acquisition financings\, recapitalizations\, high-grade and junior debt financings\, cash flow\, and asset-based and other capital market transactions. In addition\, he also regularly represents clients in workouts and restructurings of troubled credits. \nDaniel Sylvester is an associate in Holland & Knight’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Financial Services Team. Mr. Sylvester’s practice focuses on the representation of borrowers and lenders in senior secured credit facilities\, second-lien credit facilities\, real estate finance and syndicated credit facilities. Mr. Sylvester has represented lenders\, agents and borrowers in nearly 100 club or syndicated facilities across a myriad of industries. Mr. Sylvester is a member of Holland & Knight’s Diversity Counsel and serves as Business Partnership Chair of the firm’s Veterans Group. In 2016\, he was appointed by the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) to serve a three-year term on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel and also serves on the association’s Veterans Legal Service Initiative. Prior to joining Holland & Knight\, Mr. Sylvester spent 10 years in the executive search industry\, where he focused his search efforts for companies at senior level management (directors to C-level) in the functional areas of operations\, manufacturing\, supply chain\, finance and human resources. Mr. Sylvester began his career by serving more than 10 years as an army officer. A highly decorated veteran\, he was stationed in Germany\, Italy and Croatia. Mr. Sylvester also served on the U.S. humanitarian operations into Bosnia and the Dayton Peace Accord’s multinational NATO logistics command for the former Yugoslavia. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\n\nUse FBA Member Code: fedbar2020\n\n\n\nHow to Register \nhttps://federalbarcle.org/product/should-a-business-take-the-paycheck-protection-program-money-key-factors-for-companies-to-consider-when-certifying-their-ppp-need/ \nFor registration or technical issues contact MyLaw CLE at (888) 413-1959 or bsinay@mylawcle.com \n\nCLE\nCLE credits earned: 1 GENERAL (or 1 LAW & LEGAL for WA state)
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/should-a-business-take-the-paycheck-protection-program-money-key-factors-for-companies-to-consider-when-certifying-their-ppp-need/
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SUMMARY:New Orleans Chapter: Justice Camp
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 FBA Justice Camp will be held virtually May 4-8\, 2020. The program will be livestreamed daily at 10:30 a.m. on the NOFBA’s YouTube Channel\, and last approximately one hour per day. You must register in order to participate in the daily livestream. All sessions will be available later as recordings. \nThe New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (NOFBA) has taken the concept of summer camp into the federal courthouse\, imparting civics education and advocacy skills that prepare students for college\, career\, and civic engagement. The program\, now in its third year\, is traditionally held mid-summer at the Eastern District of Louisiana Courthouse in downtown New Orleans. NOFBA’s Justice Camp program encourages 9th and 10th graders to learn about the legal system\, including careers within that system\, and to develop basic advocacy skills in a fun\, interesting\, and interactive format. \nSessions will include overviews of the federal court system\, safety on the Internet\, implicit bias in jury trials\, and the rights of privacy\, to assistance of counsel\, free speech\, and other constitutional rights. \nThe NOFBA invites teachers and schools to share the livestream or recorded sessions as part of their distance learning curriculum. The topics presented during the virtual Justice Camp are components of the typical full-length camp\, which the NOFBA plans to reinstitute in the summer of 2021. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nComplimentary Registration\n\nHow to Register \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdum1LPNpDgcmQ682NuxHn-r_6WAAdoK9A2ANuPk0dmXGYRTw/viewform \n\n Please contact Amanda Kaiser at akaiser@nofba.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Amanda Kaiser\, Executive Director\, Federal Bar Association\, New Orleans Chapter
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/new-orleans-chapter-justice-camp/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Implicit Bias in the Law\, the Court System\, the Legal Community\, and your Legal Career
DESCRIPTION:28th Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Symposium\nThe Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Symposium is a living memorial to Judge Rubin’s contribution to federal jurisprudence and legal scholarship. Join the Symposium for a webinar on Implicit Bias in the Law\, the Court System\, the Legal Community\, and your Legal Career. Dean L. Song Richardson\, who studies the effect of cognitive and social psychology on decision-making and judgment\, will introduce the topic of unconscious bias and speak about its effect on attorneys’ judgment. In particular\, Dean Richardson will address how attitudes and stereotypes affect attorneys’ understanding\, actions\, and decisions in an unconscious manner\, and its effect on women and minorities in the legal profession. Along with the other panel members\, Dean Richardson will explore how attorneys can spot implicit bias and actions firms can take to de-bias attorneys’ decision-making. \nRegistration is now closed. \n\nAbout the Presenters\n  \n \nJudge Susie Morgan\, District Judge\, U.S. District Court – EDLA\nJudge Morgan graduated from the LSU Law Center where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduation\, she clerked for Judge Henry Politz of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Judge Morgan handled complex civil litigation before being appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2012. Judge Morgan now serves on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana\, which sits in New Orleans. \n  \n  \n \nKathlyn Perez\, Perez Law\, LLC\nMs. Perez is an attorney and consultant whose hybrid practice focuses on all aspects of the employment relationship. For more than a decade\, she has represented all types and sizes of businesses ensuring compliance with federal\, state and local laws\, counseling on employee relations issues\, conducting internal investigations\, negotiating employment contracts and severances\, and defending employment litigation. In addition\, she conducts legal\, management and leadership training on topics such as anti-harassment\, diversity and inclusion\, implicit bias\, and generational and change management. At her prior firm\, she was active on the Women’s Initiative Leadership team as its national Programming Co-Chair and New Orleans Committee Chair and in the firm-wide Diversity Committee as a D&I and implicit bias mitigation trainer. Ms. Perez graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law and resides in New Orleans with her husband\, who is also an attorney\, and their two young children. \n  \n \nDean L. Song Richardson\, University of California\, Irvine School of Law\nL. Song Richardson is the Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California\, Irvine School of Law with joint appointments in the Department of Criminology\, Law and Society and in the Department of Asian American Studies. She received her AB from Harvard College and her JD from Yale Law School. Her interdisciplinary research uses lessons from cognitive and social psychology to study decision-making and judgment in a variety of contexts. Her scholarship has been published by law journals at Harvard\, Yale\, Cornell\, Duke and Northwestern\, among others. Her co-edited book\, The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America\, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. She is a co-editor of Criminal Procedure\, Cases and Materials published by West Academic Publishing. Currently\, she is working on a book that examines the history of race in the U.S. and its implications for law and policy. \nDean Richardson’s legal career has included partnership at a boutique criminal law firm and work as a state and federal public defender in Seattle\, Washington. She was also an Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund\, Inc. Immediately upon graduation from law school\, Dean Richardson was a Skadden Arps Public Interest Fellow with the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles and the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Unit in Brooklyn\, NY. A leading expert on implicit racial and gender bias\, Richardson is frequently invited to speak to law firms\, district attorney and public defender offices\, police departments\, universities\, judges\, bar associations\, and private industry across the nation about the science of implicit bias and its influence on decisions\, perceptions\, and judgments. She also presents her work at academic symposia and non-academic legal conferences. \nShe has won numerous awards and recognitions\, including the American Association of Law School’s Derrick Bell Award\, which recognizes a faculty member’s extraordinary contributions to legal education through mentoring\, teaching\, and scholarship. She was recently named one of the Top Women Lawyers in California by The Daily Journal\, one of the 100 Most Influential business and opinion shapers in Orange County\, and one of the two most influential Korean Americans in OC. \nWilliam Snowden\, Vera Institute of Justice\nWill is the director of Vera’s New Orleans office. In this role\, he continues and strengthens Vera’s existing partnerships with criminal justice actors and community leaders while identifying new collaborative relationships with government entities and community organizations. The collaborations will focus on improving criminal justice systems in the South. Prior to joining Vera\, Will was a public defender for five years representing New Orleanians in all stages of a case from arraignment to trial. Will also developed a focus and specialization in advocacy around reforming the procedures\, systems\, and policies around jury duty in an effort to promote diversity and representativeness in the jury box. Will also launched The Juror Project—an initiative aiming to increase the diversity of jury panels while changing and challenging people’s perspective of jury duty. \nWill leads workshops around the country as it relates to how implicit bias\, racial anxiety and stereotype threat influence actors and outcomes in the criminal justice system. He received his JD from Seton Hall University School of Law and a BS from the University of Minnesota. \nJudge Janis van Meerveld\, Magistrate Judge\, U.S. District Court – EDLA\nJudge Janis van Meerveld was sworn in as Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana on July 29\, 2016. Judge van Meerveld grew up in Brussels\, Belgium\, and then graduated from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1984. She obtained her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1987\, where she served on the Moot Court Board\, and as an oralist on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team. Judge van Meerveld spent 29 years in private litigation practice\, 27 of them with Adams and Reese LLP where she litigated maritime and general insurance cases before she developed a specialization in labor and employment litigation\, representing management in all areas of employment law\, including class actions\, ERISA claims\, and Directors and Officers liability claims. She frequently assisted clients in the development of employee policies\, procedures and handbooks\, advised employers on hiring\, discipline\, and termination policies and practices\, and conducted training on many employment related matters. In the community\, Judge van Meerveld serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope of New Orleans. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans affiliate of Susan G. Komen. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $75\n\nHow to Register \nRegistration is now closed. \nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 29\, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\n2 hours of CLE (1 ethics\, 1 professionalism) pending. Credit for these complimentary webinars will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the webinar event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. Your bar number must be accurate in our database to receive credit. \n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Mulhern\, Sections and Divisions Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-implicit-bias-in-the-law-the-court-system-the-legal-community-and-your-legal-career/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:New Orleans Chapter
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Fighting Fraud in a Pandemic: The False Claims Act’s New $2 Trillion Battlefield – Part II
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Two Part Series May 1 & 8\, 2020.\nThe federal False Claims Act (FCA) was born more than 150 years ago in a time of war. Now\, amid another national crisis\, the venerable statute will again be deployed in the fight against COVID-19 fraud. Originally aimed at profiteers who sold worthless goods to the Union Army\, the FCA has long been a tool against fraudulent claims on federal taxpayer money. With $2 trillion starting to flow into the U.S. economy under the CARES Act\, much of it based solely on the self-representation of recipients\, the U.S. Department of Justice will rely on the FCA to pursue an inevitable wave of stimulus fraud. This two-part webinar will sketch the new FCA landscape for attorneys on all sides of the issue\, from whistleblower lawyers and AUSAs to defense attorneys and in-house counsel. The first session will focus on healthcare fraud in a new and changing environment of CMS rule revisions and regulatory waivers\, Stark Act waivers\, hard-to-police treatments including telemedicine\, and unethical practices such as fraudulent COVID-19 testing and treatments\, kickbacks\, identity theft\, stockpiling and price gouging. The second session will examine grant fraud\, the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)\, and procurement fraud—and also will focus on the DOJ’s COVID-19 fraud and enforcement structures in light of this pandemic. We’ll conclude with a look at the pandemic’s effect on ongoing FCA cases\, offering tips on how to navigate the new landscape. \nRegister just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part I takes place at the same time a week earlier\, on May 1\, 2020. \nRegistration is now closed\n\nAbout the Presenters\nDeidre Lamppin Colson\,  Assistant U.S. Attorney\, Southern District Of Alabama\nFor the past 12 years\, Deidre L. Colson has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama\, primarily prosecuting Health Care Fraud pursuant to the False Claims Act\, Stark Law\, Anti-Kickback Statute\, and the Controlled Substance Act. Since 2013\, she has held the position of Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator\, has held the position of Electronic Discovery Coordinator for 6 years\, and was recently appointed as the Religious Liberty Litigation Coordinator in response to the Attorney General’s October 6\, 2017\, Memorandum. AUSA Colson has also served in the Appellate Division conducting En Banc oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit\, and has supervised the Southern District of Alabama’s Financial Litigation Unit\, which is responsible for enforcing the collection of criminal and civil debts owed to the United States or to victims of federal crimes pursuant to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. \nMegan Jeschke\, Partner\, Holland & Knight\nMegan Jeschke is a partner at Holland & Knight and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations\, Compliance Services\, and Government Contracts teams. She is a litigator with an emphasis on civil and criminal enforcement matters in the government contracts\, healthcare\, and pharmaceutical industries. She represents companies facing criminal\, civil\, or administrative actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or agency Offices of Inspectors General (OIG)\, to include qui tam actions brought by relators under the civil False Claims Act (FCA)\, in the areas of procurement fraud\, healthcare fraud\, public corruption and procurement integrity\, and whistleblower reprisal. \nR. Scott Oswald\, Chair\, FBA Qui Tam Section\nScott Oswald is an accomplished trial lawyer who has brought more than 40 trials to verdict. His cases have recovered more than $300 million in judgments and settlements. A fellow of the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers\, he received his law degree from Howard University and honed his skills at Trial Lawyers College\, founded by the legendary Gerry Spence. Mr. Oswald litigates employment and whistleblower actions nationwide. Mr. Oswald is chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section and immediate past chair of the FBA’s Professional Ethics Committee \nRachel V. Rose\, Principal\, Rachel V. Rose\, Attorney at Law\, PLLC\nRachel V. Rose\, JD\, MBA\, advises clients on healthcare\, cybersecurity and qui tam matters. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine. She has been consecutively named by Houstonia Magazine as a Top Lawyer (Healthcare)\, the National Women Trial Lawyer’s Top 25 and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. \n \nJennifer A. Short\, Partner\, KaiserDillon PLLC\nJennifer A. Short is a partner at KaiserDillon PLLC\, in Washington\, DC\, where she focuses on internal and government investigations\, compliance matters\, and civil litigation. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia\, Ms. Short has particular expertise in False Claims Act matters\, including multiple-week jury trials involving government contractors and healthcare providers. \n  \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $75\n\nHow to Register \nRegister just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part I takes place at the same time a week earlier\, on May 1\, 2020. \nRegistration is now closed\nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 24\, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Mulhern\, Sections and Divisions Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-fighting-fraud-in-a-pandemic-the-false-claims-acts-new-2-trillion-battlefield-part-ii/
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