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Ontario Promises to Create Canada's First Provincial Data Authority

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

On April 30, 2021, the Government of Ontario introduced Building a Digital Ontario, the province's new digital and data strategy, which lays the foundation for Ontario to become "the world's leading digital jurisdiction." Pursuant to the strategy, the Government of Ontario intends to create a new

Pfizer Requests Full Approval of its COVID-19 Vaccine

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

On Friday, May 7, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech filed an application seeking full approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for patients age 16 and up. Pfizer is the first COVID-19 vaccine producer to do so.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Enforcement Actions Trends and Tracker (UPDATED)

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda.

Fee applications in Boy Scouts bankruptcy exceed $100M; judge calls total ‘staggering’

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21


Facing Up to Tough Issues: Health Care Compliance Concerns with Facial Recognition Technology

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

Facial recognition technology (FRT) has become the new normal for many of us. We use it to unlock our phones or to sign into various apps. But unlocking our cell phones is just one of the many ways we may experience FRT; industries across the spectrum are using FRT for a variety of reasons.

Who Exactly Is Soliciting Proxies?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

On Monday, John Jenkins at Deallawyers.com wrote about a recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision finding that as alleged, "the Director Defendants’ decisions to delegate the Proxy to the Conflicted Officer Defendants and forego reviewing it before filing, as well as their failure to correct th

Dentons Flashpoint - May 10, 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

Key Takeaways - The WHO added Sinopharm’s vaccine to its list of approved COVID-19 vaccines. Violence in Jerusalem continued on Islam's holy night of Laylat al-Qadr and Jerusalem Day, as Palestinians protested against the Israeli occupation.

New Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Directive (CSRD) proposed

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

An EU-wide sustainability reporting standard has been proposed by the European Commission ahead of a possible new international reporting standard on sustainability.

Impact of COVID-19 on Global Merger Control Reviews - May 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

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

April 2021 Bid Protest Roundup (Law360 Spotlight)

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/05/21

This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight examines three protest decisions addressing (1) mismatches between proposed labor categories and the scope of a vendor’s underlying General Services Administration (GSA) schedule contract; (2) whether an agency improperly used an unstat

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