The United States Treasury and the IRS confirmed today that due to the Coronavirus pandemic individuals and businesses will be allowed to defer their 2019 tax payments for up to 90 days (ie, from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020). 

The Senate approved a multi-billion dollar emergency aid package Wednesday that will provide paid sick and family leave for many Americans while also offering free testing for the coronavirus and bolstering unemployment insurance.

On Monday, the New Jersey General Assembly approved the COVID-19 bill package to help businesses and New Jersey residents mitigate the economic challenges they may face due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

As the threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) intensifies, so does its effect on business and industry. During this time, it is prudent to begin planning for a significant disruption in business as usual, including a review of your contracts’ force majeure provisions.

Capital raising is the sine qua non of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Few SMEs, however, have the inclination to register the sale of their securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission given the high costs and extensive regulatory requirements.

Multi-national companies often maintain a team of in-house attorneys to keep abreast of changes in the law and take appropriate actions to protect the best interest of the company. On the other hand, small to mid-sized businesses choose to spare the resources as an in-house legal department can be expensive.

In Part I of this series, we examined what Tax Sale Certificates ("TSC") were and how they are acquired in New Jersey. In this Part II, we will explore what a holder of a TSC can do to maintain priority lien position on the property as well as how it can acquire title to the property in question. 

Entrepreneurs have a myriad of options for raising capital for their early-stage businesses including bootstrapping, crowdfunding, issuance of common stock, and issuance of convertible notes.

Businesses often require additional capital to start, grow, or manage business operations. To satisfy this need, businesses can pursue a variety of financing options. 

In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed the circumstances that led to the planned phase-out of the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, commonly referred to as “LIBOR” and the proposed replacement rate known as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). In this last part of the series, we will present the proposed language recommended by the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (“ARRC”) to be used in new contracts that reference LIBOR.