Business & Tax Blog

On March 28, 2020, Florida agreed to participate in the unemployment provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, known as the Relief for Workers Affected by the Coronavirus (RWAC). On April 2, 2020, the Department of Labor issued guidance as well as a chart summarizing the…

Title IV of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), provides mortgage relief to homeowners with federally backed mortgage loans. The CARES Act allows eligible borrowers to request forbearance on loan payments for six months, and then request an additional six month forbearance period. The Act also…

We invite you to join our partner Jennifer Fowler-Hermes for a virtual presentation hosted by the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance this Wednesday, April 8. The program will answer questions around the new aid packages available to businesses as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. With the rollout of these new…

As discussed in an earlier post, the CARES Act authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the Register of Copyrights to “toll, waive, adjust, or modify” certain timing deadlines and provisions under trademark and copyright law in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The USPTO…

Late on Friday, Florida’s Governor issued clarifications through a List of FAQs regarding the Safer-at-Home Executive Order 20-91, which became effective at 12:01 a.m. April 3, 2020, as noted in our recent blog post and is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 2020. The FAQs explained that notwithstanding that persons in Florida who are…