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Financial Daily Dose 2.2.2021 | Top Story: CBO Projects Faster US Recovery But Lagging Employment

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

New CBO projections suggest that even without additional Congressional aid, the “American economy will return to its pre-pandemic size by the middle of this year.” While encouraging, the report offers cold comfort for the millions who lost jobs as a result of Covid ......

Securities and markets regulatory news, February 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

LIBOR cessation: FCA speech - The FCA has published a speech given by Edwin Schooling Latter, FCA Director of Markets and Wholesale Policy, on being ready for life without LIBOR from the end of 2021....
By: Hogan Lovells

Noticing Error Derails Efforts to Open Two-Year Window Reviving Time-Barred Sexual Abuse Claims in Pennsylvania

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

On Monday, February 1, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that due to the failure of the office of the Pennsylvania Secretary of State to publish a required notice, the Pennsylvania legislature will not be able to go forward with a bill that would have sent to the voters a state constitutio

Female and minority lawyer representation in firms reaches historic highs, but gains are small, new report says

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21


Witness Preparation - Remote Deposition

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Remote depositions have been around for a long time. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has cast them in a new light. Traditional face-to-face depositions are now often impossible and remote depositions have evolved into the rule rather than the exception.

The PIPES Act Of 2020: What Regulated Entities Need To Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Congress recently passed legislation with a reauthorization of the pipeline safety programs through 2023 as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

EEOC Announces Data Collection Schedule

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

As we discussed in a previous alert, in May 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) delayed data collection in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Recently, the EEOC announced its plan to open data collection later this year.

SPAC Litigation Likely to Surge in 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, 2020 saw an eruption of IPOs by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), used to raise nearly $79 billion from investors. The Wall Street Journal reports that the trend is continuing in 2021, already averaging five new SPACs each business day.

The European economic and financial system: “fostering openness, strength and resilience”

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

An ambitious plan to enhance the geopolitical strength of the EU? On 19 January 2021, the European Commission presented its new strategy to foster the “openness, strength and resilience” of the EU’s economic and financial systems into the future (the Strategy).

Dentons Flashpoint - February 1, 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

In This Edition - Key Takeaways - A military coup in Myanmar deposed the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The EU secured agreement on additional vaccines from BioNTech, averting export ban threats.

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