Sullivan attorneys are proactively focusing their attention on the COVID-19 pandemic and monitoring how it affects markets, businesses and communities worldwide. Below is a compilation of recent Client Alerts, blog posts and articles from Sullivan lawyers that address the coronavirus from the perspective of our global, multi-disciplinary group of attorneys.

We encourage you to bookmark this Resource Page as we post frequent updates from Sullivan lawyers regarding insights on COVID-19 developments. Please contact the authors below if you have any questions about the topics covered.

For answers to real time questions, please email covid-19questions@sullivanlaw.com. For questions about the CARES Act, please contact your primary Sullivan attorney or send a message to CARES@sullivanlaw.com.

Our attorneys are frequent contributors to local and national publications on a wide range of topics.

The Need for Concessional Finance in Africa Post-COVID-19 and What Can Be Done by Export Credit Agencies

Mark Norris
Financier Worldwide
March 25, 2022

Green Courte Partners Acquires Three Active-Adult Communities

Forecasting Distressed Trading Markets of 2022

The Great Resignation & Associate Shortage: Cause & Effect

IRS Regs Let Opportunity Zone Businesses Pivot Due To Virus

COVID-19 Has Elevated Mobile Workforce Issues – What To Do?

Keeping Up With All The Changes

Art Law in the Time of Covid-19

Cooking Up Pandemic Relief: the Restaurant Revitalization and Grants to Food and Beverage Providers

Deaccessioning After 2020

Recent Events Call For Boards To Weigh Stakeholder Interests

Managing Up & Down While Working From Home

Ojen Sirin
Boston Bar Association (BBA) Webinar
March 1, 2021

Justices Ask SG To Weigh In On NH v. Mass. Remote Tax Case

Internal Revenue Service Provides Additional COVID-19 Related Relief for Opportunity Zones Investors

Benjamin J. Armour, Daniel P. Ryan, John W. Gahan III
Clientl Alert
January 20, 2021

Key Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 for Businesses and Individuals

Paycheck Protection Program: What Businesses Need to Know

Mass. Tax Agency Extends COVID Sourcing For Remote Workers

Virtual Bridge to the U.S. Market for Ambitious Finnish Companies

State Tax Impact of COVID-19 and the Future Mobile Workforce

NH Asks Justices to Nix Mass. Telework Tax Sourcing Rule

Rich Jones, Quoted
Law360
October 19, 2020

Massachusetts COVID Spike Delays Trial Period for Jury Trials

Luke M. Breckenridge, Ryan M. Rosenblatt
Client Alert
October 19, 2020

Trade Finance in 2020: annus horribilis, lessons for the future or a bit of both?

Sam Fowler-Holmes
Trade & Export Finance Webinar
November 5, 2020

SJC Orders a Trial Period for…Jury Trials

Meeting the Challenges Covid-19 Poses for Trade Finance Transactions: Key Issues to Consider When Making Amendments and Waivers

Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

U.S. Treasury Issues Additional Guidance Regarding Loan Forgiveness

Jeffrey B. Morlend, David A. Guadagnoli
Client Alert
August 14, 2020

Sending Out an SOS: Is Bankruptcy the Best Way to Save My Business?

Amy A. Zuccarello
XPX New England webinar
August 11, 2020

Mid-Year Retirement Benefits Update

Impact of Covid-19 on U.S. Capital Market: Insights from Israeli Companies’ Experiences

Oded Har-Even
Israeli Business Forum of New York webinar
July 16, 2020

Fraud, Money Laundering and Cybercrime: How Covid-19 has Changed the Threat to Banks

COVID-19 Pandemic: How Has It Affected African Trade and Economies?

An Update on the Paycheck Protection Program

SEC Provides Additional Disclosure Considerations for Companies Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the End of the Second Quarter Approaches

The House of Representatives Tries Again, Calling for Economic Relief for Renewables

SBA Releases New Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Applications and Instructions

Opportunity Zone Best Practices – Not All Extensions are Automatic

IRS Provides Relief to Opportunity Funds and OZ Investors

Better Late Than Never? New Law Expands Loan Forgiveness Provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program and Provides Other Desperately Needed Relief

Business Interruption – FCA Test Case

OZone Record-Keeping: How to Be Prepared

Benjamin J. Armour, John W. Gahan III and Daniel P. Ryan
Client Alert
June 1, 2020

Ozones During COVID

Paycheck Protection Webinar

Nasdaq Provides Temporary Relief from Shareholder Approval Rules

Signing Deeds from the Comfort of Your Quarantine

Being “IN BOUNDS” is Important Even When You Aren’t Playing Golf

Can’t We Just Work This Out?
Options Available in the UK to Help SMEs Stay Healthy During the Pandemic

SBA Imposes Cap of $20 Million on Aggregate Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Related Businesses

Where We Go From Here: Using the OZ Act to Move Beyond Covid-19

John W. Gahan III
Client Alert
April 30, 2020

Trading in the Secondary Credit Markets: When Am I Bound?

Jennifer Pastarnack
American Bankruptcy Institute Webinar
April 29, 2020

How to Avoid Breach of Contract: ABA Business Law Section Releases Standstill/Tolling Agreement

Economic Outlook 2020

Benjamin J. Armour
ACG Boston Virtual Program
April 27, 2020

How Far Can Museums Go to Stay Afloat During the Current Crisis?

Additional Paycheck Protection Program Loan Funds Available

How Corporates & Startups Successfully Continue Business Despite COVID-19

Oded Har-Even
Zoom Conference
April 23, 2020

Governments Urged to Lift Legal Barriers to Digital Trade to Mitigate Covid-19 Impact

Nasdaq Provides COVID-19 Relief for Bid Price and Market Value Listing Standard

Remote But In Control: Virtual Depositions are the New Normal

Opportunity Zone Best Practices During COVID-19

Updates to SEC Guidance on Shareholder Meetings and Filing Deadlines; NYSE and Nasdaq Provide Temporary Suspension of Continued Listing Requirements

In Substantial Shift, Museum Industry Group Pushes Directors to Break the Rules to Survive

Fate of Museum Collections and Endowments Presents Hard Questions in Hard Times

Nick O'Donnell
Art Law Report
April 16, 2020

The ICC's Response to Covid-19 in Relation to force majeure Under its Rules

IRS Guidance Provides Critical Information on Extended Deadlines for Returns, Payments and Other Time-Sensitive Tax Actions

Brace for Impact: Best Practices for Commercial Landlords to Navigate Tenant Defaults Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Amy A. Zuccarello
Client Alert
April 14, 2020

Exploring the Contours of the Employee Retention Credit

IRS Updates Guidance on Filing and Payment Deadlines and Provides New Guidance Relating to Other Taxpayer Actions

Saving Trade: COVID-19 and Force Majeure

By Geoff Wynne
Flow
April 9, 2020

Important Covid-19 Considerations for Opportunity Zone Transactions

By John Gahan
Client Alert
April 9, 2020

SEC Statement on COVID-19 Disclosure

Howard Berkenblit
SEC Pulse Blog
April 9, 2020

U.S. Treasury Issues Additional Guidance Regarding the Paycheck Protection Program

Many (But Not All) Filing and Tax Payment Deadlines Postponed in the Wake of the Coronavirus

Roadmap for Small Businesses

By Harvey E. Bines
Sullivan & Worcester
April 6, 2020

Benefit Related Provisions of the CARES Act and Other Federal Relief

SBA Issues Additional Guidance under Paycheck Protection Program 

City of Boston’s Small Business Financial Relief Fund 

A Deeper Dive into the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act

Federal Aid for Small Business Off to a Slow Start

USPTO Extends Certain Trademark and Patent Filing Deadlines in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

By Kimberly Herman, Michael Palmisciano 
Client Alert
April 2, 2020

Key Provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for Commercial Real Estate

Impact of the Coronavirus on Credit Facilities

Navigating CRE Loan Covenants in the Era of COVID-19

Relief to Nonprofits and Incentives for Charitable Giving under the CARES Act

2008 v. 2020: What Secondary Loan Market Participants Should Consider Now

By Jennifer Pastarnack, Natalie Lederman
Client Alert
March 31, 2020

U.S. Lawyer Warns That COVID-19 Might Cause a Bankruptcy Wave in the Art World

Nick O'Donnell, Quoted
The Value
March 31, 2020

SEC Staff Issues Temporary No Action Letter Allowing Affiliated Purchases of Debt Securities Under Section 17(a) of the 1940 Act

Rachael Schwartz
Client Alert
March 30, 2020

Key Provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for Small Businesses and Individuals

By Ben Armour, Harvey Bines, David Danovitch, David Guadagnoli, Jay Jenkins, Jeff Morlend
Client Alert
March 30, 2020

Massachusetts Governor Files Bill and Issues Executive Order to Ease Permitting Process During COVID-19

By Victor Baltera 
Client Alert
March 27, 2020

Law firms seek to adapt quickly to help clients

Joel Carpenter
Boston Business Journal
March 27, 2020

Financing Trade During The Pandemic

Geoff Wynne
Trade & Export Finance Member Briefing
March 27, 2020

BNY Mellon Builds Out Separate ETF Board for New Range

Nicole Crum, Quoted
Fund Directions
March 27, 2020

Fund Boards Focused on How Advisers Can Best Works From Home

Nicole Crum, Quoted
Fund Directions
March 26, 2020

Coronavirus: Survival Tips for Middle Office Fund Ops

Dom Pugliese
FinOps Report
March 26, 2020

Additional SEC Exemptive Relief in Response to COVID-19

Temporary Exemptive Relief for Open-End Investment Management Companies to Engage in Certain Borrowing Transactions
By Domenick Pugliese and Rachael Schwartz
Investment Management Client Alert
March 25, 2020

State Governments Order the Shutdown of Non-Essential Businesses to Reduce the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Benjamin Armour and Lewis Segall
Corporate Client Alert
March 25, 2020

Coronavirus Crisis Spurs REIT Distribution Relief Discussions

Ameek Ashok Ponda, Quoted
Tax Notes
March 25, 2020

SEC Addressing Challenges COVID-19 Poses to EDGAR Applicants

By Howard Berkenblit
SEC Pulse Blog
March 24, 2020

Employment Law During Times of Coronavirus

David Guadagnoli 
Employment & Benefits Webinar
March 24, 2020

Paddle 8 Bankruptcy a Harbinger in the Time of COVID19 and the Coming Art World Crisis

By Nicholas O'Donnell
Art Law Report
March 24, 2020

Nontaxable Payments to Employees? A New Way to Help Employees in the Age of COVID-19

By David Guadagnoli and Amy Sheridan
Employment & Benefits Client Alert
March 22, 2020

'Safe' Sectors Like Schools, Real Estate May Feel COVID Pain

Amy Zuccarello, Quoted
Law360
March 20, 2020

SEC Provides Conditional Regulatory Relief for Public Companies Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Howard Berkenblit
Corporate Client Alert
March 18, 2020

The impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on trade and commodity finance

LexisPSL Interview: Geoffrey Wynne
March 18, 2020

What Employers Need to Know About Health Plans and the Coronavirus

By David Guadagnoli and Amy Sheridan
Employment & Benefits Client Alert
March 16, 2020

Ramifications of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Open-End Investment Companies

By Domenick Pugliese and Rachael Schwartz
Investment Management Client Alert
March 16, 2020

SEC guidance on virtual meetings and meeting delays

By Howard Berkenblit
SEC Pulse Blog
March 16, 2020

Top 4 Questions Fund Boards Should Ask in the Wake of the Coronavirus

By Rachael Schwartz
Investment Management Client Alert
March 13, 2020