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2021 Employee Benefit Plan Limits Announced by IRS

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

The IRS has released the 2021 cost-of-living adjustments for limits on employee benefits with some adjustments to the 2021 rates including minor increases to the maximum contributions allowed under Code Section 415 for defined contribution plans (e.g.

Required Revisions to Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels are to be Fully Implemented by January 1, 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

The Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations requiring changes to the nutrition and supplements facts labels of conventional food and dietary supplements, respectively, on May 27, 2016....

Do You Need to Send an Annual Notice to Plan Participants? If So, You May Need to Do So by December 1, 2020*

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reviews the multiple year-end notices that defined contribution plans must issue to participants....
By: Alston & Bird

Commercial Division Opts for Money Damages in Lieu of Dissolution in Oppressed Shareholder Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

New York Business Corporation Law § 1104-a empowers a holder of 20% or more of a closely held corporation’s stock to petition for that corporation’s dissolution on the grounds that, inter alia, the controlling shareholders have committed “illegal, fraudulent or oppressive actions toward the compl

Fifth Circuit Holds That Plaintiffs Too Can Waive Their Right To Arbitrate by Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

Few decisions have considered when a plaintiff waives his right to arbitrate through litigation conduct, but the Fifth Circuit has now done so for the second time. In Sabatelli v. Baylor Scott & White Health, Case No. 19-50047 (5th Cir. Oct.

CFPB Initiates Process to Regulate Financial Data Access

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

Last week, with the issuance of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intention to explore regulation of open banking.

Vertically Challenged - Insight into the EU Commission's Efforts to Update the EU Rules on Vertical Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

The European Commission (Commission) has launched the impact assessment phase concerning its ongoing revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the accompanying Vertical Guidelines, which set out the rules for distribution systems throughout Europe.

Food & Beverage Digest – October 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

Welcome to the latest edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and settlements affecting the agribusiness, food, beverage, and cosmetics industry. This month, not all Ritas are lovely, someone sours on sweets, and a kitchen is bitter about their better butter.

SSO/Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Perryville Enter into Consent Administrative Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Perryville, Arkansas (“Perryville”), entered into an October 8th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimi

COVID-19 And Remote (And “Hybrid”) Meetings: The Latest In Light Of Executive Order 9H

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20

Shortly after declaring a State of Emergency with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in light of the desire to avoid large in-person gatherings, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7B, which provides that the in-person open meeting requirements of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (

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