{"id":7651,"date":"2020-04-28T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/28\/lawsuit-filed-against-sba-administrator-carranza-citing-failure-to-pay-10000-grants-promised-to-small-business-applicants\/"},"modified":"2020-04-28T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:36:19","slug":"lawsuit-filed-against-sba-administrator-carranza-citing-failure-to-pay-10000-grants-promised-to-small-business-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/28\/lawsuit-filed-against-sba-administrator-carranza-citing-failure-to-pay-10000-grants-promised-to-small-business-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Filed Against SBA Administrator Carranza Citing Failure To Pay $10,000 Grants Promised To Small Business Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MELBOURNE, Fla.<\/span>,&nbsp;&nbsp;Widerman Malek, a law firm based in&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Central Florida<\/span>, has filed a federal lawsuit against Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Jovita Carranza<\/span>, requiring Carranza to abide by the express language of the CARES Act, Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL grant program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working tirelessly to get our small business clients the funding to which the businesses are legally entitled,&#8221; said&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Jim Ippoliti<\/span>, partner at Widerman Malek. &#8220;In our numerous discussions with local Senators and political advocates, we all agree we need to apply the maximum amount of pressure on the SBA and Congress. Filing this lawsuit is one step toward getting these businesses what was promised under CARES.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Signed into law of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-chron\">March 27<\/span><sup>th<\/sup>, the CARES Act included two portions of the EIDL program &#8211; the first being the initial grant of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>&nbsp;to be paid to businesses within three days of applying, and the second being the actual loan upon approval.<\/p>\n<p>The approved CARES Act Section 1110(e) specifically provides that small business applicants will receive a grant from the SBA &#8220;in the amount requested by such applicant&#8221; up to a maximum of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>&nbsp;within three days of applying.<\/p>\n<p>On&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-chron\">April 14<\/span>, Carranza, with no authority to do so, made unilateral changes to the initial&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>&nbsp;grant rules that are in direct contradiction to the CARES Act and prevented businesses from getting the Congressionally mandated grant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The CARES Act does not give any authority to Carranza or the SBA to deviate from the grant requirement. Concerned Congress members have sent multiple letters to Carranza, reminding Carranza that the SBA is required by law to provide a&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>&nbsp;grant to each applicant within three days of application, and expressing consternation that Carranza has not complied.<\/p>\n<p>It is no secret small businesses across the country are in desperate need of these funds, and Carranza and the SBA have failed in its mission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal in filing this lawsuit is not to make money. It is to get the relief promised by CARES for our small business clients who are in imminent danger of closing permanently,&#8221; said attorney&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Ippoliti<\/span>. &#8220;If we are successful, these businesses will receive the full&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>&nbsp;initial grant due under the CARES Act, as well as the full EIDL loan that is so desperately needed in this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to view the complaint.<\/strong>&nbsp;https:\/\/www.legalteamusa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1-2020-04-17_Petition-for-Writ-of-Mandamus_Verified.pdf<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalteamusa.net\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.legalteamusa.net<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jim Ippoliti<br \/>\njim@uslegalteam.com or<br \/>\nJeff Ippoliti<br \/>\njeff@uslegalteam.com or<br \/>\n407-566-0001.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/legal-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jim Ippoliti<br \/>\njim@uslegalteam.com or <br \/>\nJeff Ippoliti<br \/>\njeff@uslegalteam.com or <br \/>\n407-566-0001.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MELBOURNE, Fla.,&nbsp;&nbsp;Widerman Malek, a law firm based in&nbsp;Central Florida, has filed a federal lawsuit against Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator&nbsp;Jovita Carranza, requiring Carranza to abide by the express language of the CARES Act, Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL grant program. &ldquo;We are working tirelessly to get our small business clients the funding to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/28\/lawsuit-filed-against-sba-administrator-carranza-citing-failure-to-pay-10000-grants-promised-to-small-business-applicants\/\">Continue reading <span>Lawsuit Filed Against SBA Administrator Carranza Citing Failure To Pay $10,000 Grants Promised To Small Business Applicants<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/28\/lawsuit-filed-against-sba-administrator-carranza-citing-failure-to-pay-10000-grants-promised-to-small-business-applicants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-legal-newswire","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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