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A Green Wave Goes to Washington

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

There has been a significant amount of political punditry over the last several months about an electoral “Blue Wave” coming this November.

Tax Court to Update to DAWSON Case Management System

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

The US Tax Court (Tax Court) recently announced upcoming changes to its case management system. DAWSON (Docket Access Within a Secure Online Network), named after former Tax Court Judge Howard A. Dawson, Jr., who passed away in 2016, is expected to be active by the end of 2020......

State COVID-related Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium Updates

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

Alert October 23, 2020 Due to the economic impacts of COVID-19, many states have issued moratoriums on foreclosures and evictions. Some of those moratoriums have expired.

A Brand Owner’s Guide to Leveraging Intellectual Property to Protect Social Platform and eCommerce Assets

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

How much would it hurt your business to lose your Facebook or Shopify store, your Twitter handle, or your Amazon Brand registration? Today, more than ever, these secondary platforms define success or failure for an e-commerce or direct-to-consumer (DTC) business.

CDC's New Definition of "Close Contact" Impacts Contract Tracing in Workplaces

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

On October 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) expanded the definition of “close contact” for contact tracing purposes. The CDC previously defined close contact as 15 consecutive minutes within six feet of an infected person.

PTAB Discretion to Institute Trials: PTO seeks comments whether to propose rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

On October 20, 2020, the PTO published in the Federal Register a request for comments about whether it should embark on a formal notice-and-comment rulemaking process directed to how the PTAB exercises its discretion in deciding whether to institute an AIA trial. 85 FR 66502.

What Happens to Assets Left in a Special Needs Trust on the Death of the Beneficiary?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

By their very nature, special needs trusts (SNTs) are usually designed to terminate, or at least radically change, when the trust's primary beneficiary dies. But terminating a special needs trust is not as simple as merely writing a check to the remainder beneficiaries and calling it a day.

UAE Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

As part of a series of legislative change aimed to improve corporate transparency, the UAE Cabinet issued Cabinet Resolution no (58) of 2020 concerning regulation of the real beneficiary procedures (“UBO Regulations”). The UBO Regulations came into force on 28 August 2020.

What Happened To My Interest Rate? Planning Now To Avoid Value Transfer And Other Risks Upon The Demise Of U.S. Libor

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

As the title suggests, U.S. LIBOR (LIBOR) is going away, with official announcements expected as soon as year-end 2020 of LIBOR’s December 31, 2021 demise. The end of LIBOR will be replete with a plethora of risks for banks, sponsors, strategics, governments and regulators and consumers.

Big Win for Restaurant Policyholders in COVID-19 Litigation in North Carolina

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

A North Carolina court has required Cincinnati Insurance Company to provide business interruption and extra expense coverage to 16 North Carolina restaurants that lost the use of and access to their properties due to COVID-19 civil authority orders (see North State Deli, LLC, et al. v.

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