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Moving to Texas? Your Personal Checklist for your Move to the Lone Star State

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Last month we focused on the legal considerations for moving your company to Texas. This month our focus is on your personal checklist – legal issues affecting you personally that will need your attention this year....

Brian Brooks' Last Dance

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

So let’s dance this last dance. On Jan.

Groundbreaking Fourth Circuit Decision Upholds Private Plaintiff’s Successful Effort to Unwind a Consummated Merger

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Federal antitrust enforcers have long succeeded at unwinding consummated mergers. By contrast, private antitrust plaintiffs have not successfully forced companies to break up a completed acquisition. Until now. On February 18, 2021, the U.S.

California Employers May Be Required to Subsidize Backup Childcare

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Last Thursday, Assembly Bill 1179 was introduced to require California employers with 1,000 or more to provide “backup ” for children under 14. To be eligible for the benefit, employees who work in California would need to have been employed by the company for at least 30 days.

CFPB Files First Enforcement Action Under Biden Administration

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Earlier this week, the CFPB announced that it has filed its first enforcement action under the leadership of Acting Director Uejio. The lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal district court jointly with the Attorneys General of Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York.

Global Payments Newsletter, February 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Key developments of interest over the last month include: • United Kingdom: The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published two calls for views, one of which focuses on authorised push payment (APP) scams and the other on consumer protection in interbank payments....

Way Down in the Hole — Wireline Appears to Have Confused the SEC With an Agency That Wants to Repeat Itself

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) entered an order on Dec. 15, 2020 with Wireline, Inc., related to the company’s unregistered offering of securities using a simple agreement for future tokens (“SAFT”).

DOL Sends Proposed New Joint Employer Rule to White House for Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

On February 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) sent a proposed new regulation on joint employment status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to the White House for regulatory review.

Consumer Reports Releases Model State Privacy Act – More States Introduce Consumer Privacy Legislation

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

This week, Consumer Reports published a Model State Privacy Act.

Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21


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