At least 244 California wineries and vineyards received between $145 & $328 million from Paycheck Protection Program

July 17, 2020

More than 87,000 California businesses received funds from the from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Of those, 244 California Wineries and Vineyards received funds totaling between $145 and $328 million according to online documents from the program. Precise numbers were not provided, only the range of funds. In addition, there have been numerous reports of […]

SBA, Treasury release names of some PPP recipients

July 7, 2020

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury released Monday the names of all organizations that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans of $150,000 or more. The SBA and Treasury also published data for recipients of PPP loans less than $150,000 but did not reveal the names and addresses of those businesses. The data […]

Legal updates: Copper Cane, Bryant Winery, Penrose Hill v Mabray, Jeff Hill

July 2, 2020

The pandemic has put the courts into slow gear with mostly no in-person courtroom appearances. Each specific judge is deciding on whether to hold sessions by phone, with videoconferencing still not accepted. With all that in mind, the following are brief summaries of some of the current cases we have previously covered in your premium […]