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International Arbitration Update: Supreme Court Asked To Resolve Circuit Split Over Discovery In Aid Of Private Commercial Arbitration Seated Outside The United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

On December 7, 2020, Servotronics, Inc. filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to decide whether parties may seek discovery in the United States for use in commercial arbitration proceedings seated outside the United States under 28 U.S.C.

COVID-19 Regulatory Update: What The Cheesecake Factory Settlement With The SEC Means For Issuers

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

On December 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with the Cheesecake Factory Inc. asserting that the company issued materially misleading disclosures about the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the company’s operations.

In the Balance: Justices Weigh Canceling The Multi-Billion Dollar TCPA Boondoggle

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

“At what point do we simply say . . .

OFCCP Issues Directive On Fourth Agency Pillar Of Certainty

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

OFCCP issued today the last of a series of Directives aimed at defining the Agency’s enforcement relationship with federal contractors – this Directive 2021-02 focuses on providing federal contractors “Certainty” when interacting with the Agency......

Mandatory COVID Vaccines? Not So fast.

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Employers, proceed with caution. The New York Times published an essay on Saturday in which the writer asserted, as a blanket statement, that employers may mandate vaccinations as a condition of employment. This is simply wrong......

Deloitte is monitoring regulatory reforms but is focused on growing new practice

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20


[Audio] The Compliance Life-Kim Yapchai, In the CCO Chair

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

In this third episode, Kim discusses her move to the CCO chair at Whirlpool and then Tenneco. In the CCO role she had her first interactions with the Board of Directors and found they understood that compliance is a journey it is extremely hard to be perfect.

[Audio] Great Women in Compliance - Episode 87- Mary Shirley, Original GWIC

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, co-hosted by Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley. There is a lot to reflect on as we end 2020, and with all of the challenges of the year, it has been a landmark one for the Great Women in Compliance podcast and now the book.

[Audio] Daily Compliance News: December 16, 2020-Uber Fine edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. Uber fined $59MM for withholding assault data. (HuffPost) 2. Another Covid side effect-pilot rustiness. (BBC) 3. Why did Toobin did it. (NYT) 4. PPP overhaul. (WaPo)...

[Audio] Compliance into the Weeds: Leadership Failures at Ft. Hood, with Special Guest Diane St. Ives

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Today we take on a much more somber topic and set of facts in this, our 201st episode. We have our first guest, Diane St.

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