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Online Travel Update: 2020 Year in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

Happy New Year. Our inaugural 2021 Online Travel Update is below.

Vulnerabilities In Federal Court’s E-Filing System Serves As Stark Data Security Warning For Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

Overshadowed by the dramatic events in Washington, D.C.

New administration, new priorities: Preparing for the Biden-Harris Administration’s key environmental focus areas

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

Thompson Coburn’s Environmental Group is closely following the incoming Biden-Harris Administration’s announcements on its potential environmental priorities.

Religious Objections To Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines: Considerations For Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on workplaces, and with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, many employers are considering whether to impose mandatory vaccination policies. Recently, the U.S.

Paying More than Your CERCLA Fair Share

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

The rhetoric of enforcement under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-75, plays well in public. The government seeks “cleanup” and makes “the polluter pay.” Cf. S. Rep. No. 96-848 at 13 (1980); Atlantic Richfield Co. v.

Employer Considerations For Determining Whether To Continue Providing FFCRA Leave After Law’s Expiration

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

After much heated negotiation in passing Stimulus 2.0, Congress reached a compromise on employee COVID-19 leave, allowing the leave requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to expire on December 31, 2020, but continuing tax credits through March 31, 2021 for employers w

Don’t be a Jerk, Take the High Road

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

...Don’t be a jerk. Sounds easy, right? After all, we are all taught to “treat others as you’d have them treat you,” or some similarly worded saying with the same general meaning. But what about when someone else acts like a jerk to you first?

2020 Global Cannabis Guide Chapters - England

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Cannabis Guide that provides a brief overview of laws and policies regarding the use of cannabis in various jurisdictions.

Important Copyright Legislation Is Slipped Into the New Stimulus Bill and Signed Into Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

Signed into law on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 contained more than just COVID-19 relief and federal government funding.

DOL’s New Independent Contractor Rule Could Be DOA

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/21

The Labor Department finalized a new rule yesterday that aims to make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors – but the rule faces a very uncertain future given that the Biden administration will take the reins of the federal government before it is scheduled to ta

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