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It is hard to believe we have passed the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis and the dramatic impacts it has caused on our lives, businesses and the economy (and continues to cause in many respects). However, as many optimists like to say “there is light at the end of the tunnel.” A year ago we were first starting to deal with Local Governmental Executive Orders and the impacts (and closures) on businesses and the closing of the Courts. With the “light at the end of the tunnel,” our Retail & Hospitality Practice Group wanted to alert you of very recent changes being announced in Connecticut and Massachusetts – both in terms of easing and/or lifting COVID restrictions and what is now happening in the State Courts.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). The Act combines a $1.4 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for the Federal Government for Fiscal Year 2021 and $900 billion of relief in response to the SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19”) pandemic.
The Act extends several critical CARES Act programs that had been due to expire on December 31, 2020, including the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) and unemployment assistance. It also clarifies rules and procedures developed by the various governmental agencies that implemented the CARES Act during the summer and fall of 2020. Finally, it adds a few new programs that may be of assistance to certain hospitality employers.