Public Policy
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A legal interpretation offered by the Internal Revenue Service helped lead the federal government to send $1.4 billion worth of pandemic-related stimulus payments to people who have died, according to a government watchdog report published Thursday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration announced plans late Friday to replace Geoffrey Berman as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and nominate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to take his place, but the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan said he didn’t quit and won’t immediately step down… Read this piece
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The Trump administration plans to make public the names and other information about businesses that receive more than $150,000 in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Small Business Administration said Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that law firms in New York City are officially allowed to open their offices — with restrictions — starting Monday, leading the state’s bar association president to remark that attorneys are “chomping at the bit” to get back… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The AFL-CIO asked the full D.C. Circuit on Thursday to revisit a panel decision last week that tossed the group’s suit aiming to force the U.S. Department of Labor’s workplace safety arm to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from COVID-19… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 