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Why Moving to the Cloud can Help with DSARs (and Have Some Surprise Benefits)

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

However you view a DSAR, for any entity who receives one, they are time consuming to complete and disproportionately expensive to fulfill.

State and local tax ballot measures

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

Voters headed to the polls (or mailboxes) this Election Day not only to choose the next president of the United States but also to make decisions on a range of significant tax issues across the country.  Although voters in California and the Portland-Metro area struck down significant business t

Cannabis Legalization is The Big Winner on Election Day

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

Election day 2020 proved that marijuana is no longer a partisan issue, with adult-use and medical marijuana ballot measures passing by overwhelming majorities in both red and blue states. Every state that had a marijuana initiative on their ballot was approved by that state’s voters....

Key Takeaways From the 2020 Election: District of Columbia

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

​​​​​​​Businesses operating in the District of Columbia are unlikely to see major policy shifts as a result of last night’s local elections. But there is a chance that a new coalition could form on the D.C.

2020 NC Election Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

After what feels like years of campaign commercials, mailboxes full of flyers and politically charged social media posts, election day finally arrived in North Carolina.

The CPRA Is Voted Into Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

On November 3, the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CPRA”) was voted into law with close to 56 percent of California voters supporting the measure.

Western Michigan University trustees vote to end affiliation with Cooley Law, calling it ‘a distraction’

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20


Employment News: data protection, Brexit, furlough

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

Tell me more – ICO publishes detailed subject access guidance - The ICO has published detailed guidance for handling subject access requests. This is relevant to employers responding to subject access requests from employees....

China: Patent Law Amendment brings sea change to pharmaceutical patent regime

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

Article 76 of the Amendment establishes the longanticipated patent linkage scheme in China. It aims to allow early resolution of patent disputes between innovators and generic companies during the drug review and approval process....

New SEC Rule Will Regulate Registered Fund Investments in Derivatives

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20

On October 28, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3–2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act), which will replace decades-old SEC and staff guidance with an updated, comprehensive framework for registered funds’

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