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New Jersey Cannabis Program Off to the Races - Cannabis Regulatory Commission Holds First Meeting and the Clock Starts for Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

On Monday, April 12, 2021, New Jersey’s newly formed and seated Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC” or “the Commission”) — the body that will oversee New Jersey’s medical and adult-use cannabis programs — held its first official meeting.

Virginia Enacts Sweeping New Data Protection Law, Requiring Businesses To Adjust Many Practices

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

Virginia became the second state in the country to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law on March 2.

HUD Acts to Revive Two Fair Housing Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

Roughly three months ago, President Biden signed an executive order that, among other things, directed HUD to reevaluate earlier agency decisions perceived to weaken the Fair Housing Act.

Financial Daily Dose 4.15.2021 | Top Story: Big Banks Deliver Huge Q1 Profits, Economic Optimism Despite Ongoing Challenges

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

Big bank earnings season kicked off this week, and impressive Q1 results from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo has Wall Street feeling especially bullish. This, despite “sobering signs,” including climbing infections and hospitalizations in some areas of the country ......

The CH Trade Secrets Review, 2020 Part II

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

In Part II of this newsletter, we continue our review of significant developments, cases, and verdicts in 2020.

Germany to Boost Works Council Rights Amid the Pandemic

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

The Federal Cabinet has introduced a draft bill to make it easier for employees to establish and elect works councils and to facilitate the works councils’ work in an increasingly digitalized work environment, the “Betriebsrätemodernisierungsgesetz“....

DOL Issues Model Notices For COBRA Subsidy Under American Rescue Plan Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

The subsidized premiums are available from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (the “Premium Assistance Period”), unless earlier terminated as discussed below.

USDOL Offers Guidance on Data Security for Plan Fiduciaries and Service Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the United States Department of Labor (“EBSA”) recently published guidance regarding cybersecurity best practices for recordkeepers and service providers responsible for plan related information technology systems and data for ERISA-covered plans,

Appeals Court Rules That a Discharge Injunction Bars a Fraudulent Transfer Claim Based on a Non-Dischargeable Debt

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21

A discharge of debt in bankruptcy “operates as an injunction against the commencement or continuation of an action, the employment of process, or an act, to collect, recover or offset any such debt as a personal liability of the debtor. . . .” 11 U.S.C. § 524(a)(2).

Departing lawyers who copied firm’s databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21


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