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Guidance on Potential Ransomware Attacks on US Hospitals

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

We hope you have read about the reporting on potential ransomware attacks on US hospitals and perhaps other health care providers. If you have not, please review this guidance from the government agencies involved in this investigating this set of attacks....

Administering Trusts in Recessions: Trust Loans to Beneficiaries

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

Beneficiaries often request that a trustee make them a loan from trust property. In an economic downturn, such requests are even more prevalent.

LTI Services to Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

Staffing Agency Refused to Hire Qualified Females as Receiving Associates, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS – LTI Services, LLC, a Burbank, Ill.-based staffing agency which served the northern Indiana and Chicago areas, has agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex dis

Your [es]cheating heart … might be useful to retirement plans dealing with missing participants

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

Retirement plan administrators have for years sung the sad lament of what to do with missing participants. Ol’ Hank Williams himself could have written a hit song about the problem. Recent guidance from the IRS may have the retirement community singing a slightly different tune, however....

CFPB’s Escrow Interpretation Is Causing Confusion Amongst Servicers and Is Likely to Harm Consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

In a surprising move to many, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently put the mortgage servicing industry on notice that including certain options for repayment of a shortage in an escrow account statement may violate Regulation X.

Health Canada issues Interim Order respecting drug shortages related to COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

On October 16, 2020, the Minister of Health (the Minister) approved the Interim Order respecting the prevention and alleviation of shortages of drugs in relation to COVID-19 (the Interim Order), which introduces new tools to address drug shortages, or the risk of drug shortages, that may be cause

Don’t Bank on the Billions: Chinese Banks Appeal to Second Circuit in Effort to Dodge Fine for Failing to Help Enforce $1.8 Billion Counterfeiting Judgment

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

The Bank of China and four other Chinese banks (the Banks) are urging the Second Circuit to reject a requested $150 million contempt sanction for allegedly perpetuating the sale of counterfeit Nike and Converse products by failing to freeze assets of counterfeit sellers.

10th Circuit expands PSM coverage

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah) issued an opinion on Tuesday (10/27/2020) that expands the applicability of OSHA’s process-safety-management standard to interconnected processes—even when the interconnected process does not c

10th Circuit: ADA Accommodation Claims Do Not Need Adverse Employment Actions To Succeed

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

To prove that an employer failed to accommodate an employee’s disability in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, an employee alleging disability bias does not need to show that the employer fired them or took a similar adverse employment action, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals opin

Be Aware of Recent Legal Developments Concerning Right of Access to Patient Information

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/10/20

Two major recent regulatory developments highlight the need for health care organizations to focus on compliance concerning requests for access to patient health information.

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