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[Audio] 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program - Day 2 | Continuous Monitoring and Continuous Improvement

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/01/21

I want to next focus specifically on the tactical steps of moving towards both continuous monitoring and continuous improvement of your compliance program. These twin concepts are perhaps the biggest modifications in the 2020 Update. The changes began in Section 1- Risk Assessments.

[Audio] 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program - Day 1 | What 2020 Brought To Compliance Programs

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/01/21

2020 was a very significant year for every compliance practitioner and compliance program.

Recourse at law or in equity of trust beneficiary who is dissatisfied with trustee’s proposed settlement with insurance company of property-damage claim

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/01/21

Assume entrusted property that has been duly insured by the trustee suffers damage through no fault of the trustee. A current beneficiary, though, is unhappy with the trustee’s proposed nonjudicial accommodation with the insurance company.

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: an overview

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/01/21

On 24 December 2020, the UK and EU finally agreed a deal – now formally named the Trade and Cooperation Agreement – to govern significant aspects of the trade relationship between the UK and EU from 1 January 2021 onwards.

Year-end spending package passed by Congress and signed into law

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/01/21

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act), with certain provisions in the 5,593-page bill providing much needed relief to persons and entities suffering economic hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Budget Law 2021: the financial measures approved in extremis by the Senate are published in the Official Journal (in Italian)

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/01/21

After the favorable vote of the Chamber and the approval arrived in extremis by the Senate, the Law of 30 December 2020, n. 178 containing State budget for the financial year 2021 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2021-2023.

Massachusetts Releases Its 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap — It’s Going to Be Quite a Trip

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/20

Yesterday, Massachusetts released its “2050 Decarbonization Roadmap.” I’m tempted to call it a tour de force. At the very least, it’s jam-packed with important issues.

Ten Things to Know About the PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications - Update #7

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/20

Below are ten important things to know about the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loan Forgiveness ‎Applications and the detailed instructions for the applications posted on June 16, 2020, and October 8, 2020, ‎as well as other forgiveness procedures as updated by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit

Primary Direct Listings

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/20

What you need to know about this IPO alternative - On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a NYSE rule that permits an issuer, at the time of an initial listing on the NYSE, to conduct a primary offering as part of a direct listing without conducting a firm co

The SEC’s New Marketing Rule: Bringing Investment Adviser Advertising From The “Mad Men” Era To The Amazon Age

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/12/20

“The SEC score(s) one for the digital age.” These are the words of SEC Commissioner Heist, though, not my own.

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