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Washington Healthcare Update - February 2021 #1

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

This week in Washington: President Biden issues important executive orders on healthcare....
By: McGuireWoods Consulting

Financial institutions general regulatory news, February 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

UK SMCR forms: PRA PS1/21 - Following consultation, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS1/21, on updates to forms relating to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR or SM&CR)....

UK Regulation post-Brexit - Adjusting to the landscape for UK equity capital market participants

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

With the EU and the UK having reached a free trade agreement which sets out a framework for the substantial agreements to be put in place to govern their future relationship and the UK having left the single market and the customs union, considerations may turn to changes relevant to admissions o

ANDA Litigation Settlements - Winter 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act....
By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Germany’s Federal Labor Court Boosts Enforcement of Equal Pay

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

Germany is not exactly known to be a pioneer when it comes to equal pay. In Germany, the pay gap remains particularly large and is only closing slowly, according to the Federal Statistical Office.

Does President Biden’s Executive Order on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Overrule OCR’s Recent Guidance?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

As discussed in a prior post, OCR under the former President went to great lengths to interpret Bostock v.

Three Considerations for AI Healthcare Application Developers and Users

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

The applications of artificial intelligence (AI) are seemingly innumerable with benefits reportedly as prolific as the technology behind them, including in the healthcare space.

Consumer finance regulatory news, February 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

COVID-19: FCA updates mortgage and consumer credit repossessions guidance - On 27 January 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement giving an update on mortgages, consumer credit, banking and payments during coronavirus....

OSHA Issues First New General Workplace Guidance since June 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

As mandated in President Biden's Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, on January 29, OSHA issued a new guidance document, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace....

False Claims Act 2020 Year in Review: The FCA “Has Never Been More Important Than it is Right Now”

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21

$1.9 trillion dollars of federal spending on the horizon. That’s right, immediately following his inauguration in 2021, President Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic....

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