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FoX News – Corona and the 1st Amendment

April 7, 2020

FoX News – Corona and the 1st Amendment What is SLAPP? (Strategic lawsuit against public participation )  The statute allows you to file a special motion to strike a complaint filed against you based on an “act in furtherance of [your] right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in…

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Foreign Ownership and PPP Can you apply for PPP(Payroll protection program?

April 6, 2020

Foreign Ownership and PPPCan you apply for PPP(Payroll protection program? Paycheck Protection ProgramAn SBA loan that helps businesses keep their workforce employed during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The Paycheck Protection Program is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. SBA will forgive loans if…

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SBA loans – Can my PPP loan be forgiven in whole or in part?

April 6, 2020

After the Small Business Administration (SBA) applications under the CARES Act for the Paycheck Protection Program are now possible and many banks have opened their portals and applications are pouring in, the next question is: can the loan be forgiven? photo mysynergy.com   The quick answer is: Yes. We suggest that you open a new bank…

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SBA “Payroll Protection Plan”

April 3, 2020

Last night, April 2 around 9 PM the Small Business Administration (SBA) released 31 pages of the so called “Interim Final Rules” regarding the applicability, availability and processing of the “Payroll Protection Program” (PPP). Is the PPP “first-come, first-served?” Yes. However, we were told by some banks that the rules came in too late to…

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Do you know what P.P.P stands for ?

April 3, 2020

Do you know what PPP stands for? On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed the CARES Act into law. The bill provides for $2.2 trillion in emergency aid to ease the financial impact of the COVID-19 crisis, including $349 billion for new, partially forgivable small business loans to cover, among other things, certain payroll…

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Social distance

April 2, 2020

   Social distancing, or physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other Read more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_… Best regards und viele Grüße aus Charlotte Reinhard…

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Update on ESTA

April 1, 2020

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers who entered the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program (or “ESTA”) may find themselves in a difficult set of circumstances: should an ESTA traveler depart the U.S. at the end of the 90-day authorized stay with all the obvious risks of doing so, or should the ESTA…

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USCIS Updates amid the Covid-19 pandemic

March 31, 2020

USCIS to Continue Processing Applications for Employment Authorization Extension Requests Despite Application Support Center Closures The USCIS issued this statement on Monday: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it will reuse previously submitted biometrics in order to process valid Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, extension requests due to the temporary closure of…

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Future of Society?

March 31, 2020

Future of Society? Coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus The global war against Covid-19 is a pivotal moment. Our lives have changed – and now we really are all in it together shows the folly of stripping state and society to the boneost of us have experienced nothing like this before. It is strange, forbidding and dislocating to…

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Unemployment Claims during the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 31, 2020

Under the new CARES Act signed into law on Friday, March 28, 2020 unemployment benefits were expanded to provide assistance for more workers than are usually eligible for unemployment benefits (this includes self-employed people and part-time workers).  In addition to state benefits, the Act also provides workers an extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits.…

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