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New Jersey started its COVID-19 vaccination program with the rollout of a Statewide Vaccine Scheduling System. This was aimed to be systematic way to provide a phased approach to vaccinations by categorizing and prioritizing individuals based on occupational and health risks. Individuals would answer a few questions and...

The Assembly unanimously approved a bill (A5033) on January 11 that authorizes the online sales of motor vehicles by allowing dealers to obtain electronic signatures on documents required to complete such transactions.  The bill, if passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Murphy, would formally allow motor vehicle...

The Small Business Administration has just reopened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), making $284 billion available to new borrowers, as well as certain businesses that had previously received a PPP loan from the initial PPP allocation. The new funding was part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small...

New Jersey recently opened an online portal (https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/) to allow people to pre-register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and announced a preliminary vaccination schedule. The portal asks individuals to enter some personal information, answer a few questions and select a job category from a list. The information provided...

In January 2020, the CFPB Director appointed a Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law to study and make recommendations on ways to improve consumer protections.  Earlier this week, the Taskforce issued its comprehensive report that contains a laundry list of recommendations to protect consumers, including several submitted by the...

Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that will spread out unemployment tax increases over three years.  Both the federal government and individual states tax the wages businesses pay in order to fund their unemployment insurance offered to individuals who lose their jobs.  The dramatic increase in unemployment...