On May 5^th, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury Department issued updated Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) FAQs. At that time, many businesses that had submitted a PPP loan application were considering whether they should return …

The IRS has posted FAQs for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted on March 27, 2020. FAQ topics provide the latest perspective of the Treasury Department regarding eligibility requirements, …

In times like these, companies around the world are stepping up to manufacture badly needed supplies to help everyone stay safe and reduce the spread of COVID-19. While working to bring these products to the market, companies should be sure …

Congress has made dramatic changes to paid leave requirements that every small and medium-size business must quickly understand. At Protorae Law, we have been monitoring this legislation since it was introduced, and we are ready and committed to providing our …

Trade secrets and confidential information often form the lifeblood of a company. Despite considerable efforts a company might take to protect this vital information, it can be difficult to prevent a departing employee from taking this information with them—potentially to …

Back in July 2018, we introduced you to some of the sights and smells of the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the CCPA). Not long after, the California legislature issued some technical corrections to the legislation. But there …

On October 31, 2018, the Virginia Supreme Court amended Rule 4:1(b)(7)—Virginia’s procedural rule governing discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) in civil litigation. The amendment, which became effective on January 1, 2019, alters the procedural requirements for e-discovery in Virginia …

2018 has been a big year for privacy issues for companies around the world. The new European privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – came into force, the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach came to light, …

Apparently how you smell is personal information (in California).

With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2016 in force for about a month, California’s legislature was looking to up its game and “get tough” on its big, home-grown …

After being introduced in April 2016, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially comes into enforcement effect today, replacing the existing EU Data Protection Directive. Although similar to the previous data protection law, the GDPR includes new and …