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Joint Check Agreements in Construction: Use with Caution

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

Construction projects involve a tiered relationship, which consists of (a) the project owner, (b) a general contractor hired by the owner who manages the construction project as a whole, (c) first-tier subcontractors hired by the general contractor to complete discrete portions of the project wor

The UK Listing Review: the government response

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

The UK Listing Review: the government response The government has this week announced how it intends to take forward the recommendations made in March 2021 by the UK Listing Review (the Review)....
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Closing A Foreign Bank Account Will Not Solve A Taxpayer’s Disclosure Problem

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

IRS is interested in U.S. Taxpayer financial accounts everywhere in the world.  If the IRS learns that a Taxpayer has undisclosed reportable accounts or income before a US Taxpayer reports them, the Taxpayer can face serious consequences including criminal prosecution....

Investigating Employee Misconduct In The Age of “Cancel Culture”

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

What is “cancel culture”? During the last few years, there has been a groundswell of cultural movements seeking to rectify transgressions against traditionally marginalized groups, including women, Black people, members of the LBGTQ community, and Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders....

Patent Interferences

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

A patent interference is an inter partes proceeding to determine which party was the first to invent commonly claimed subject matter.

Uzbekistan plans to establish an independent electricity and natural gas regulator

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

In the first quarter of 2021, a draft of Presidential Resolution “On Additional Measures to Reform the Electric Energy Industry” has been announced which aims to establish a competitive electricity market in Uzbekistan between 2020 and 2025....

Biden Spending Proposal Calls for 10% IRS Budget Increase

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

The Biden Administration has requested a $1.2 billion increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of its proposal for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) discretionary funding released in a letter from Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Shalanda Young on April 9, 2021.

Pushing Back Against the CPSC – Is a Mandatory Recall on the Horizon for Peloton’s Treadmills?

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Peloton Interactive, Inc. (Peloton) are clashing over whether the media, technology, and fitness company should issue a recall of its treadmill, the Peloton Tread+.

The American Jobs Plan and the American Rescue Plan: The Biden Administration Bets Big on Home and Community-Based Services

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

Late last month, the Biden Administration announced the second installment of its recovery plan, dubbed the “American Jobs Plan” (the “Plan”).

[Video] Episode 1: Post-Pandemic Healthcare Compliance and Enforcement Priorities

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

In the first episode of McGuireWoods’ video series Health+Tech, “Post-Pandemic Healthcare Compliance & Biden Administration Enforcement Priorities,” hosts Andrea Lee Linna, Janice Walker-Suchyta and Jonathan Ishee discuss government enforcement trends at the intersection of healthcare and tec

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