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SEC Acting Chair Directs Staff to Enhance Focus on Climate-Related Disclosure

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

On February 24, 2021, Acting Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Allison Herren Lee, announced that the agency will be focusing on public companies’ climate change disclosures as part of an effort to both assess current compliance with federal securities laws and develop new

Ontario: Requirements for Mandatory Policies, Training and Postings

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

Posting: Employment Standards Act, 2000 - The poster is prepared by the Minister of Labour to help ensure employers understand their minimum obligations and employees know their rights. Please see full Publication below for more information....

DTCC Proposes Path to T+1 Settlement Cycle in Two Years

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

The Deposit Trust & Clearing Corp.

Fannie Mae Issues Lender Letter Detailing Retirement of CMT ARM Products

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

Earlier this month, Fannie Mae issued Lender Letter LL-2021-05, elaborating on Fannie’s advanced notice of its intention to cease purchasing Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) products that use the Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) index as described in Lender Letter LL-2020-02....

New Year, New Technology Priorities

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

In February 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"), which is a subdivision of the Department of Commerce in the United States Government, announced its nine priorities for the coming year....

NLRB Drops its “Subgroup Majority Status” Test to Determine Whether Faculty are Exempt Managerial Employees

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

On February 19, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) modified its test for determining whether faculty at private colleges and universities should be excluded as managerial employees from the right to union representation under the National Labor Relations Act (Act)....

Matter of TheStreet.com, Inc.; Judge Maloney; Division’s Rep.: Elizabeth Lyons; Petitioner’s Reps.: Nicolas Montorio and Janet Bernier; Articles 28 and 29

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

When it comes to sales tax, form matters. And in this case, the imprecise and somewhat contradictory evidence regarding the form of what should have been a nontaxable equity purchase caused the Judge to sustain a sizable sales tax bill....

Privacy Bill Essentials: Oklahoma

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

The recently introduced Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act (OCDPA) is one of the nation's first "opt-in" proposed data privacy laws.

The Fed Raises Concerns about Corporate Debt

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

We have previously written about the possible economic and litigation implications of mushrooming corporate debt. Now, the Federal Reserve has flagged some of those same concerns....
By: Bilzin Sumberg

Supply Chain Issues Persist for Manufacturers in Covid World

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/21

The Wall Street Journal published a story a few days ago that described some of the challenges that exist in the manufacturing supply chain. “U.S. manufacturers aced the shutdown of their factories and warehouses last spring in response to Covid-19. They’re botching the recovery....

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