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Does your business need help navigating the Coronavirus? Nexsen Pruet has the legal and communications experience to guide you accordingly.

Please check back frequently as we will update this page with the latest information and insights.

COVID-19 Response Team Leader, David E. Dubberly

Banking & Financial Services

COVID-19 Response Team Members, Brooks F. Bossong; Keith Burns

• Need a Loan Modification? ASK! – Guidance on the CARES Act and Banking (April 2, 2020)

Business

COVID-19 Response Team Member, David S. Robinson

• Returning to Healthy Business operations in the Age of COVID-19 Advance Planning Checklist and Considerations (May 1, 2020)

• The CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program Expands the SBA 7(a) Loan Program (May 1, 2020)

• WEBINAR: COVID-19 Assistance Program For Small Businesses and Non-Profits (April 28, 2020)

• More Relief Funding, Finally Some Guidance for Self- Employed Individuals Trying to Get a PPP Loan (April 28, 2020)

• COVID-19 in South Carolina; Winning the Breach of Contact Fight over Force Majeure, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose (April 27, 2020)

• COVID-19 in North Carolina; Winning the Breach of Contract Fight over Force Majeure, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose (April 27, 2020)
• Webinar: Funding Options for Small, Minority and Women-Owned Businesses to Address COVID-19 (April 23, 2020)
• Leading Through Challenge (April 17, 2020)
• Registration of a North Carolina Business as Essential (March 30, 2020)
• Think Twice About Claiming Essential Critical Industry Status (March 25, 2020)
• Client Alert: COVID-19 Critical Infrastructure Services (March 20, 2020)

• SBA Disaster Loan Program Eligibility (March 19, 2020)

• SBA Disaster Assistance in Response to the Coronavirus (March 19, 2020)

• COVID – 19 Impact on Alcohol Sales in North Carolina (March 19, 2020)

• COVID – 19 Impact on Alcohol Sales in South Carolina (March 19, 2020)

Construction

COVID-19 Response Team Member, Eric H. Biesecker

• OSHA Releases COVID-19 Guidance for the Construction Workforce (April 23, 2020)
• COVID-19 Impacts – The CARES Act and the Construction Industry (April 6, 2020)
• Construction Industry Employers and COVID-19 (March 30, 2020)
  
• COVID-19’s Impact on Construction Projects (March 17, 2020)

Economic Development

COVID-19 Response Team Members, Tushar Chikhliker (SC); Ernie Pearson (NC)

• Act Now – SBA Loans Available (April 3, 2020)
• What You Need to Know About the NC Stay at Home Order (March 30th, 2020)
• Shelter in Place Impacts on Manufacturing and Distribution Facilities (March 25, 2020)

Employment

COVID-19 Response Team Members, David E. Dubberly (SC); Bridget A. Blinn-Spears (NC)

• Returning to Healthy Business Operations in the Age of COVID-19 Advance Planning Checklist and Considerations (May 1, 2020)
• WEBINAR: Managing the Work Place in a Pandemic  (April 23,2020)

• OSHA Issues Industry-Specific Guidance (April 17, 2020)
• WEBINAR: Fine-tuning FFCRA Response (April 14, 2020)
• WEBINAR: Workplace Privacy in the Context of Coronavius (April 8, 2020)

• VIDEO- The Paycheck Protection Program (April 8, 2020)
• Five Things to Consider when Calculating Qualified Health Plan Expenses Under the FFCRA (April 7, 2020)
• The CARES Act’s Pay check Protection Program Expands the SBA 7(a) Loan Program (Updated: April 3, 2020)

• Department of Labor Provides Much Needed Clarification on FFCRA Exclusions for Health Care Providers, Emergency Responders and Small Business (March 30, 2020)
• DOL Provides Initial Guidance and Sample Posting on New Paid Leave Laws (March 26, 2020)
• COVID-19: Managing HR, Benefits, and Immigration Challenges During the Pandemic (March 20, 2020)

• New Federal Law Provides Emergency Paid Sick and Family and Medical Leave (March 19, 2020)

• COVID – 19 European Travel Ban (March 12, 2020)

• Coronoavirus Outbreak: Employment and Contract Law Issues (March 12, 2020)

• OSHA Published Resources on Coronavirus Outbreak (January 29, 2020)

Environmental

COVID-19 Response Team Member, Michael Traynham

• State Regulators Address COVID-19 Related Environmental Compliance Challenges; Create Mailbox for Requests for Regulatory Relief
  (March 27, 2020)
• Temporary Federal Enforcement Discretion Policy to Respond to COVID-19 (March 27, 2020)

Government

COVID-19 Response Team Members, Bob Coble (SC); David P. Ferrell (NC)

• NC Legislative Update: May 4, 2020

• NC Legislative Update: April 27, 2020

• NC Legislative Update: April 14, 2020

• NC Legislative Update: April 3, 2020

• Stay at Home Order Issued for Mecklenburg Country in Response to COVID-19 (March 24, 2020)

Health Care

COVID-19 Response Team Members, Darra James Coleman; Matthew B. Roberts

• CMS Puts an End to the AAP Program on April 26, 2020 (April 30, 2020)
• North Carolina Government Powers During Emergencies (April 24, 2020)
• Nexsen Pruet and SCHA Team UP for a Q&A on Labor Related COVID-19 Topics (April 21, 2020)

• COVID-19 Fraud and Law Enforcement Responses – In the Middle of the Pandemic, the Government Warns it Very Much CARES About Compliance and Enforcement (April 17, 2020)
• CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of the Stark Law in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (April 9,2020)
• Emergency Health Powers Act (April 1, 2020)
• SC and NC Emergency Regulatory Changes and Telehealth: Guidance, Implementation, and Pitfalls (March 27, 2020)

 

Intellectual Property

COVID-19 Response Team Member, Mike Mann

• Missed US Patent and Trademark Deadlines Becuase of COVID-19 (April 16, 2020)

International

COVID-19 Response Team Members, David J. Garrett; David S. Robinson 

• Phase One Progress – A Partial Thaw in Trade Relations Between the US and China (March 10, 2020)
• Force Majeure: Is COVID – 19 an Act of God? (March 3, 2020)
• The Effects of COVID – 19 on Global Trade  (March 5, 2020)

Litigation

COVID-19 Response Team Members, David Black; Cheryl D. Shoun

• The “Shutdown”Does Not Mean Your Cases Have to Shut Down (April 20,2020)

• North and South Carolina Coronavirus Litigation  (Updated April 15, 2020)

Real Estate

COVID-19 Response Team Members, Brian T. Pearce (NC); Jim Warren (SC); Jay R. Hoodenpyl (Leasing)

• Keith Burns Discusses What Landlords and Tenants Need to Know During COVID19 (April 9, 2020)

• The South Carolina Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and COIVD-19 (April 2, 2020)
• Current Real Estate Law in North Carolina in Light of COVID-19 (March 23, 2020)

Tax

COVID-19 Response Team Members, David M. McCallum; Jim Rourke; and Andrew W. Saleeby

• PPP Loan Forgiveness and the Deductibility of PPP Loan Expenses (May 4, 2020)
• If You Haven’t Filed Your Prior Tax Returns; This Might Be the Best Time To Do So! (April 24, 2020)

• The Agility Continues – Another Batch of COVID-19 Inspired IRS Guidance (April 14, 2020)

• A More Agile (Even Forgiving) IRS? More COVID-19 Guidance and Releases… (April 9, 2020)
• Employers Take Note: How to Properly Substantiate Your Payroll Tax Credits under the FFCRA (April 1, 2020)
• Continuing COVID-19 Impacts on Federal Taxation – the CARES Act ( March 31, 2020)
• CARES Act – New Employee Benefit Tools to Support Affected Employees (March 27, 2020)
• SC and NC Department of Revenue Responses to COVID-19 (Updated: April 7, 2020)
  
  
• As with Everything, COVID – 19 is Impacting Federal Taxation (March 22, 2020)

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