JMM Articles

Corporate and White Collar Defense & Investigations Current Trends in COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement

We live in unprecedented times. Never before in modern history has the United States voluntarily shut-down its entire national economy in order to stop a virus pandemic. Payrolls have dropped by more than 21 million workers, wiping-out a decade of job gains. New orders, production, hiring, and new exports all fell again in May. As […]

Taxation and Trusts & Estates Bloomberg Tax: Stock Ownership Plans Can Minimize Tax on Liquidity Event

Eric Bardwell co-wrote the article, “INSIGHT: Stock Ownership Plans Can Minimize Tax on Liquidity Event,” published by Bloomberg Tax.

Insurance Recovery COVID-19 UPDATE: Insurance Won’t Cover Business Income Losses? Read the Fine Print.

For more information on how we can help your business, visit our COVID-19 Resource Center. Despite pushback from the insurance industry, businesses should not assume that no coverage exists for business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing what to look for in your insurance policy can help you determine if you have a […]

Labor & Employment California Employers’ Road Map to Reopening the Physical Workplace

In only two months, California employers have experienced an unprecedented disruption to business and the adoption and implementation of myriad new laws aimed at remedying the economic effects of COVID-19 and limiting its spread. But even now, as California lawmakers from the Governor to local mayors agree that it is time for California to get […]

Taxation and Artificial Intelligence Los Angeles Lawyer: Can AI be Taxed?

An article by Brad Cohen and Megan Jones titled “Can AI be Taxed?” was published by the Los Angeles County Bar Association in their Los Angeles Lawyer magazine in May 2020. Read the article here.

Real Estate Litigation Law360: Calif. Ruling Shows Disfavor For Real Estate Fiduciary Fraud

The article “Calif. Ruling Shows Disfavor For Real Estate Fiduciary Fraud,” published by Law360 was authored by Jon Weininger of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP. Read the article here.

Litigation and Trust & Estate Litigation Daily Journal: Financial Elder Abuse in the COVID-19 Environment

The article “Financial Elder Abuse in the COVID-19 Environment,” published by the Daily Journal was authored by Vatche Zetjian and Neil Erickson of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP. Read the article here.

Corporate Billions in Relief Funding Added via Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, While SBA Cautions Economic Necessity Certification Requires Careful Analysis

For more information on how we can help your business, visit our COVID-19 Resource Center. Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Authorizes Additional Funding On Friday, April 24, 2020, the President signed into law a bill that authorizes several billion dollars in additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the SBA’s […]

Chinese Investment Group™ and Global Hospitality Group® Hotel News Resource: Hotel Lawyer: Increasing Distressed Hotel Loans and Troubled Hotel Assets

A blog post by Jim Butler, Bob Kaplan and Nick De Lancie titled “Can a hotel ever be “single asset real estate” for bankruptcy purposes? What is “SARE” and who cares?” was republished by Hotel News Resource as “Hotel Lawyer: Increasing Distressed Hotel Loans and Troubled Hotel Assets” on April 27, 2020.

White Collar Defense & Investigations COVID-19 Economic Relief Programs Will Spur Wave of Future Government Investigations and Law Enforcement Actions

With the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the federal government created significant incentives for companies to apply for economic stimulus funding and grants to alleviate the devastating economic impacts from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. With upwards to $2 trillion in government aid expected to be disbursed, federal and […]