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Re-Cap of the Election’s Potential Legislative Impacts on the Water Sector

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

If you were unable to attend our recent webinar “Flood or Drought? A Discussion of the Election’s Potential Legislative Impacts on the Water Sector”, please check out the several key take-aways from the presentation......

Workin’ Moms Employment Issues, Revisited

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

This week, we revisit not only a series I’ve previously written about but also an issue I blogged about in my first-ever “EntertainHR” post....
By: FordHarrison

SBA Issues Loan Necessity Questionnaires to PPP Recipients; Signals Next Step in Loan Compliance Investigations

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has begun to issue loan necessity questionnaires to Payroll Protection Program (PPP) borrowers, adding clarity to the good faith certification they required with initial applications.

Purchase Price Adjustments

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Market Trends: What You Need to Know - Based on the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies: Purchase price adjustments continue to be commonplace in M&A agreements. In the 2019 study, they were included in 95% of reported deals......

Backlog to the Future: Lingering Questions about the Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Wait Times Under H.R. 1044/S. 386

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Nearly one million lawfully present foreign workers are currently waiting to receive lawful permanent residence status (green card).

For the First Time, the CFTC Uses its Powers to Combat Foreign Corruption

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

In a landmark action on December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced resolution of its first enforcement action involving foreign corruption by issuing an order and settling charges against Vitol Inc.

Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act effective January 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Among the most significant employment-related bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly during its 2019 legislative session was Colorado’s new Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA).

Recent Court Ruling Illustrates The Perils Insurers Face When Sending Boilerplate Coverage Letters To Georgia Policyholders

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

Federal Court in Georgia Applies Hoover Rule Finding that Insurers Who Sent Denial Letters Waived Right to Assert Other Coverage Defenses Later. Eight years ago in Hoover v. Maxum Indemnity Co., 730 S.E.2d 413 (Ga.

340B Program: HRSA Issues Administrative Dispute Resolution Final Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a final rule (Final Rule) in the Federal Register defining an administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process for the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program)....

Criminal Negligence Standard/State Clean Water Act Programs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Regulatory Clarification

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is proposing in a December 14th Federal Register Notice a regulation to “clarify” certain requirements for state or tribal programs approved pursuant to Clean Water Act Sections 402 and 404. See 85 Fed. Reg. 80713.

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