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ESG: European Regulators Seek Clarification on the Application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

European financial supervisory authorities have requested the European Commission to clarify key areas of ambiguity regarding the scope and application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), including its extraterritorial application.

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Colombia (Updated)

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

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Going from Bad to Worse: Evidence for Neuro-COVID Infections

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the globe, infecting more than 90 million people and causing almost two million deaths (see "Tracking coronavirus’ global spread").

Renewable Energy Update - January 2021 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Record 15.4 GW of utility-scale solar to come online in the U.S. this year, EIA says - PV-Tech – January 11 - A record amount of utility-scale PV capacity is expected to be connected to the grid in the U.S.

Payments regulatory news, January 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

COVID-19: Pay.UK report on current account switching behaviours - On 6 January 2021, Pay.UK published a report on how COVID-19 has affected current account switching attitudes and behaviours in the UK....
By: Hogan Lovells

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Worker Classification Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The DOL has issued new regulations setting forth the test to determine whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee under the FLSA.

Kangaroo Court: AI Regulation and Image Classification

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The next decade will witness the introduction of AI regulation at both the Federal and State level. Much of this regulation will focus on the use of autonomous and self-driving cars. In 2016 the Obama administration introduced a report on the future of artificial intelligence.

Fiduciary or Contractual? Experts' Duties and Conflicting Interests

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

In the case of (1) Secretariat Consulting Pte Ltd, (2) Secretariat International UK Ltd, (3) Secretariat Advisors LLC v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Technology and Construction Court in A Company v (1) X, (2) Y, 3 (Z) [2020] EWHC 809 (TCC) on differe

This Week at the Ninth: Habeas and Hair Loss

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

This week, the Ninth Circuit declines to extend a recent Supreme Court decision on retaliatory arrest to the immigration bond revocation context, and resolves a particularly hairy preemption question about state-law challenges to dietary supplement labeling....

Ninth Circuit Upholds FMCSA Preemption of California Meal and Rest Break Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on January 15 upheld the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (“FMCSA”) determination that federal law preempted California’s meal and rest break rules (“MRB rules”), as applied to drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehi

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