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Self-Service eDiscovery for Corporations: Four Considerations For Selecting the Solution That’s Right for You

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

Let’s begin by setting the stage. You’ve evaluated the ways a self-service ediscovery solution could benefit your organization and determined the approach will help you boost workflow efficiency, free up internal resources, and reduce ediscovery practice and technology costs.

Impact of COVID-19 on Global Merger Control Reviews

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

This brief guide provides updates on the impact of COVID-19 on merger control reviews around the world. Please see full Publication below for more information....
By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Biden Administration Business Immigration Changes: What to Expect for Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

On January 20, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. demonstrated he will pursue a broad immigration reform agenda.

Judge apologizes after posting photo with her husband in Capitol rioter costume

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21


U.S. Expands Xinjiang Regional Import Restriction to Cover All Cotton and Tomato Products

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

On January 13, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a new Withhold Release Order (“WRO”) under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on all cotton products and tomato products from the entire Xinjiang region of China.

In re Fulton (Fed. Cir. 2020)

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

Last month, the Federal Circuit affirmed the final determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the Examiner's rejection of certain claims in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/789,280 as obvious....

State-by-State Regulation of PFAS Substances in Drinking Water

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

Many states have expressed frustration with the lack of an enforceable federal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) drinking water standard, and have started the process of regulating PFAS in drinking water themselves.

Certain Information Statements for ISOs and ESPPs Due by January 31, 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

As reported in Part 3 of our 2020 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List, Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) requires employers to provide a written information statement to each employee or former employee and file information returns with the IRS regarding: (1) the transfer o

Jones Day’s Fintiv-ITC Developments Tracker

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

Although first briefly mentioned as a possibility in the August 2018 Trial Practice Guide Update (page 10), outside of one instance (Bio-Rad Labs. v. 10X Genomics, IPR2019-00567; -00568, August 8, 2019), PTAB discretionary institution denials under 35 U.S.C.

Jenny Yang Will Be The Next OFCCP Director

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/01/21

As previously reported, the new Biden Administration is wasting no time in making changes impacting the government contractor community. This now includes changing leadership at the OFCCP.

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