Small Businesses Say Rescue Loans Come With Too Many Strings Attached
May 7, 2020Christian Piatt finally got a loan to help rescue his brand-new bar and restaurant in Granbury, Texas.But it wasn't easy.He applied through [...]
UPDATE: Texas Re-opening Salons & Barbershops on Friday
May 6, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationIn a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a new [...]
PPP Update: What If I Can’t Re-hire an Employee?
May 6, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa Association The U.S. Department of the Treasury has published some additional guidance on [...]
FBI Michigan Announces Allure Medical Spa Email Tipline
May 6, 2020Special Agent in Charge Steven M. D’Antuono announced May 5, 2020, a tipline aimed at soliciting tips from the public related to [...]
Florida Begins Re-opening
May 5, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa Association Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order that begins [...]
Galderma Receives FDA Approval for Restylane Kysse
May 5, 2020Galderma has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Restylane Kysse for lip augmentation and the correction of [...]
AmSpa Advises Texas Medical Spas to Be Cautious When Considering Re-opening
May 4, 2020By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)As of Friday, it is technically legal for medical spas [...]
Arkansas to Lift Limits on Salons, Medical Spas on Wednesday
May 4, 2020Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Friday said he would lift some COVID-19 restrictions on barbershops, salons, massage, body art and medical spa [...]
For Small Business Loan Program, Forgiveness May Be the Hardest Part
May 1, 2020The U.S. government’s $660 billion small business rescue program has stumbled on missing paperwork, technology failure, and the misdirection of funds to [...]
Texas Begins Process of Re-opening May 1
April 30, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationEarlier this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott unveiled a plan to begin to [...]
New PPP Rules Define Start of Forgiveness Period
April 30, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of the Treasury released [...]
Loopholes in Small Business Relief Program Allow Thriving Companies to Cash In
April 30, 2020Small and struggling. Those were the companies meant to be helped by the Paycheck Protection Program, which offers loans to small businesses [...]
