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Biden Administration Focus On OSHA, COVID-19 And What It Means For Manufacturers

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Under the Biden administration, two significant and expected changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would give the agency a greater role in reducing the spread of COVID-19 at the workplace, both of which would affect manufacturers throughout the United States....

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Only Mostly Dead

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (“CPP”) — an unprecedented use of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from power plants — is only “mostly dead” and could soon spring back to life. Yes, the Supreme Court stayed the CPP in 2016.

Annual ABE grant program supports 15 ‘boots-on-the-ground’ projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21


Early Drill-Down on Biden Administration Oil and Gas Policy

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

As expected, President Biden’s first days in office were marked by a number of executive orders and other actions aimed at unwinding Trump-era environmental policies.

Nevada Supreme Court Upholds Blue Penciling Of NonCompete

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

In Golden Road Motor Inn, Inc. v. Islam, 132 Nev.

INTERPOL, Red Notices and Russia’s Navalny situation- how the EU’s response to Russian human rights abuse matters to INTERPOL

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

As most followers of Russian news know by now, opposition leader and activist Alexei Navalny was detained immediately upon his recent return to Russia, after a 5-month absence due to his recovery in Germany from nerve agent poisoning.

A Clarified Approach to Pure Economic Loss Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

In November 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in 1688782 Ontario Inc. v Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

District Court Grants Plaintiff’s Motion to Certify Class in Part, Refusing to Credit Testimony Regarding Unwritten Consent Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

In Vandenberg & Sons Furniture, Inc. v.

Federal judge who said he would ‘crush’ plaintiff’s case prejudged her bias claims, 5th Circuit says

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21


February 2021 Global Immigration Alert

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Canada - Travel Restrictions and Entry Requirements All air passengers (five years of age or older) have been required to test negative for COVID-19 before travelling from another country to Canada.

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