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New York Department of Labor Significantly Expands COVID-19 Quarantine Leave

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/21

On January 20, 2021 – nearly a year after the law’s effective date – the New York Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued new guidance (the “Guidance”) for employers regarding the scope of available sick leave for employees subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due

Quick Thoughts for Construction Contracting: Don’t Overlook the Entities – Part 1

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

Sometimes the best advice is the advice we already know, but a timely reminder makes all the difference. In this first blog post of the series, the advice is exactly that. Get the right entities on the dotted lines.

Partial Plan Terminations – An Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

In our April 2020 post, we detailed how employee layoffs can cause a qualified retirement plan to undergo a “partial termination,” resulting in required 100% vesting of the affected employees’ benefits.

Compliance Audits - How to Prevent Major Title IX Issues

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

Institutions of Higher Education need to consider new approaches to Title IX compliance. We recommend proactive, periodic, non-incident related, and targeted operational compliance audits to get in front of Title IX issues before they become issues......

The Corporate Transparency Act: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What to do Next

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

On January 1, 2021, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the "NDAA"), enacting the legislation into law.

So Your Website Has Been Hit With a Disability Access Claim, Now What?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

If your business has a website (and whose doesn’t?) you may be a target for a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar state laws. These cases typically allege that the website is not accessible to the visually impaired.

Court Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration of Claims of Non-Signatory to Contract

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

In Shelton v. Comcast Corp., No. 20-1763, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10790 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 21, 2021), the U.S.

Trademark Modernization Act Strengthens Rights of Trademark Owners

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Act introduces significant amendments to the Lanham Act designed to strengthen the rights of legitimate trademark owners.

There’s a New ESG Sheriff in Town at the SEC

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

Yesterday, we wrote about the potential impact of the nomination of so-called “Money Cop” Gary Gensler to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

U.S. Supreme Court: Mere Retention of Property Does Not Violate the Automatic Stay

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/21

The Situation: Circuit courts were split on whether mere retention by a creditor of estate property violates the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay, under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3). The U.S. Supreme Court considered the question in City of Chicago v.

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