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A Tale of Two Wrestling Brothers Wrestling Over Trademark Rights

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Everyone is familiar with professional wrestling. Some may recognize it as a significant worldwide business. Others may view it as carny entertainment, similar to Monster Trucks or the rodeo. Most people are aware of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

Banking and finance regulatory news, January 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Ring-fencing and proprietary trading activities reviews: HM Treasury update - On 22 December 2020, the House of Commons Treasury Committee published a letter (dated 16 November 2020) it received from John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, on the upcoming statutory reviews of the ring-fen

The EU Proposes New Regulations Targeting Big Tech

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

In December 2020, the European Commission unveiled a two-part initiative with the aim to regulate and remake the digital economy of the continent, furthering its continued push to establish EU “Digital Sovereignty.”...

What's New in Washington - January 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

As Senators-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are sworn-in after certification of the Georgia elections, Democrats are poised to assume the majority in the Senate, which, along with their control of the White House and the House of Representatives, significantly changes the policy-mak

Innovation Becomes the Norm: Commercial Division Rules Shape Revised Uniform Rules for the Supreme Court and County Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The New York Commercial Division was created in 1993 “to test whether it would be possible, by concentrating on commercial litigation, to improve the efficiency with which such matters were addressed by the court and, at the same time, to enhance the quality of judicial treatment of those cases.”

The Most Common Causes of Collision

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The Most Common Causes of Collision - Traffic accidents happen hundreds of thousands of times per year across the country.

Withholding tax exemption on dividends and capital gains for non-resident investment funds

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The 2021 Italian Budget Law aligns the tax treatment applicable to EU investment funds with the tax treatment applicable to Italian investment funds....
By: Hogan Lovells

Proposed Relief Legislation Includes Major Workplace Changes

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

There has been extensive reporting on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill just released by President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team.

"Less is more" – Germany eases merger control requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

On 14 January, the German Parliament passed far-reaching amendments of German antitrust law, the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC), which also affect merger control. The amendment, also known as the "German Competition Digitalization Act" ......

Settlement of Lawsuit Causes Town of Oyster Bay to Revise its Rules of Decorum for Public Meetings

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

This blog post provides an update to a post that was published on November 30, 2020, regarding a dispute over the Town of Oyster Bay’s recently adopted rules governing conduct at public meetings.  The new procedures, which created rules of decorum and prohibited inappropriate and disruptive behav

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