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California Statutes Authorizing Public-Private Partnership Contracting

Gravel2Gavel

With apologies to Small Business Administration practitioners, we use “PPP” in this article to refer to the infrastructure tool.). They can be challenging arrangements to structure. (As As a result of the pandemic, they have even suffered the indignity of having their “PPP” acronym coopted by the Paycheck Protection Program.

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Australia’s statutist orthodoxy: High Court confirms the extraterritorial scope of the Australian Consumer Law in the Ruby Princess COVID-cruise case

Conflict of Laws

They contracted to travel on the cruise in different parts of the world, and according to Princess, were subject to different terms and conditions subject to different systems of law. Princess argued that Mr Ho’s contract was subject to different terms and conditions to those that governed the contracts of other Aussie passengers.

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Bankruptcy Related Changes Under CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act

Diane Drain

The CARES Act also modified provisions of the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA), which became effective in February, 2020 and which enacted a new Chapter 11 Subchapter V that was intended to allow small businesses to reorganize more quickly and less expensively. This debt limit was increased to $7.5

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COVID – Consolidated Appropriation Act “CAA” and Bankruptcy 12-27-20

Diane Drain

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), enacted on March 27, 2020, created the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), the now-familiar forgivable loan program administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”).

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A Letter of Closure for All the Right Reasons

Attorney at Work

Among those who don’t use them, the excuses I hear include, “We do a lot of flat-fee, in-and-out kinds of things (simple wills or small business formations) and the effort simply isn’t worth it.” The doctrine of continuous representation and its tolling of the statute of limitations in malpractice cases can also be a problem.

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20 Useful Applications of AI & Machine Learning in Your Business Processes

The Process Street

From videos to written content to audios, AI is a massive help in these areas, especially for small businesses. These applications of AI in marketing have revolutionized the way businesses connect with customers and drive growth.

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LTRC Roundtable Discussion: ChatGPT

LawTechnologyToday

It was also completely unable to answer any legal questions that related to a particular statute or citation and was generally unable to grasp the substance of the underlying issue. Answer: “It is possible that AI could eventually replace some aspects of a lawyer’s job, such as document review, legal research and contract analysis.”