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SEC Permits Use of Electronic Signatures in EDGAR Filings

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

On Nov. 17, 2020, the U.S.

SEC Modernizes Decades-Old Investor Marketing Rules to Address Evolution of Markets and Technology

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new investor marketing rule to replace and modernize its current advertising and cash solicitation rules. Neither of these rules has been meaningfully amended in several decades....

Alert: US Trademark and Copyright Reforms Accompany COVID-19 Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 passed by Congress on December 21, 2020, and signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 27, includes sweeping changes to US trademark and copyright law.

Congress Revises PPP Rules: Allows PPP Second Round, Reverses IRS Position on Deductibility

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Congress has come bearing gifts this holiday season to those businesses hit hard by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

How does U.S. improve its health care if the president excuses wrongdoing?

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

Leave it to the extreme actions of the current White House occupant to disprove Shakespeare and the adage  that the quality of mercy cannot be strained.

Hot Off The Press!!! FAA Issues New UAS Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

The FAA has kept its word. As promised, the FAA has released the final versions of its rules for Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft, for Flight of UAS Over People, and for UAS Night Operations.

EPA Revises Lead and Copper Rule for the First Time in Three Decades

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

On December 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized long-anticipated revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule—the first major revision since the rule was promulgated in 1991.

CDC: All Air Passengers Traveling From the U.K. to the U.S. Must Have Proof of a Negative COVID-19 Test

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

On December 25, 2020, in an effort to mitigate the potential spread of a new variant of the coronavirus that has been found in the U.K., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order requiring proof of a pre-departure, negative COVID-19 test result for all airline passenger

Dunning Letter Contents Viewable through Envelope Window Are Subject to FDCPA, Holds Sixth Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

In a new decision slated for publication, the Sixth Circuit weighed in on an issue under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA): whether a “benign language” exception exists to a flat prohibition of substantive information appearing on an envelope containing a letter from a debt collector

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument on When Employee Misuse of Work Computers May Constitute Criminal Conduct

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/12/20

The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Van Buren v. United States, No. 19-783.

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