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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Little Rock Structural Steel Fabrication Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Lexicon, Inc. (“LI”) entered into a November 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 24-157....

OCR Proposes Sweeping HIPAA Security Rule Amendments

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

Last fall at the Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance Through HIPAA Security 2024 conference, U.S.

Controlling Entities to Dealer Contracts Subject to Puerto Rico’s Law 75 May Be Liable for Tortious Interference

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

Plaintiffs asserting claims for tortious interference of contracts covered by Puerto Rico’s Dealer’s Contracts Act, commonly known as Law 75, may automatically satisfy one element of such a claim. Law 75 regulates relationships between distributors and manufacturers....

CTA Whiplash: Fifth Circuit Reinstitutes Nationwide CTA Injunction

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

On December 26th, just three days after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit effectively reinstated reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Fifth Circuit has now vacated its earlier stay......

Minnesota’s Consumer Privacy Law Takes Aim at Profiling and Takes Effect Soon

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

It’s the season of lists and next on ours: Minnesota! This state joined 18 others to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation in recent years. To avoid being on the “naughty” list, make sure to review your compliance program!...

CTA Stayed Once Again – No BOI Reports Required At This Time

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

On December 26, 2024, the U.S.

Emphasizing Administrative Finality, Court Will Not Require the Reissuance of Checks Not Cashed by Prescribed Deadlines

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

Administrative deadlines in mass tort settlements are enforceable and binding­—courts will uphold them even when millions of dollars are at stake and international claimants are involved.

Wealth Management Update - January 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

The January 2025 Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 5.2%, an increase from the December 2024 rate of 5.0%.

Memorandum to our Investment Management Clients and Friends

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

Tax Court Delivers Coal to Another Limited Partnership Management Company - On December 23, 2024, the United States Tax Court published an opinion1 (the “Opinion”), holding that limited partners that actively participated in a fund manager (the “Investment Manager”) structured as a limited partn

SEC Reporting Update - December 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/24

Insider Trading Policies. As previously discussed in our Winter 2022-2023 Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules in December 2022 relating to insider trading policy disclosures.

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