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Renewable Energy Update 12.19.24

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

According to the latest U.S.

The Hidden Dangers of Unregulated AI: How Governance Protects Your Business

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

A recent survey by Compliance Week revealed that nearly 70 percent of organizations use AI, but do not have adequate AI governance. This is shocking. But the most alarming part is that these organizations do not perceive that lack of governance as a high risk.

Is life returning to the private equity exit market?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

Following a period in which financial sponsors have struggled to realize an acceptable prices for their assets, signs point towards a brighter outlook for 2025.

Governance Insights: A Review of Shareholder Activism in Canada for 2024: Key Decisions and Trends to Watch for in 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels.

Punctuation in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

Punctuation matters. I’ve always remembered a poster on the wall of a co-worker’s office—this was back in the 80s—that showed baby seals dancing at a disco under a four-word caption: STOP CLUBBING, BABY SEALS.

Current State of the AI VC Financing Market

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

While the broader venture capital financing market continues to experience headwinds and turbulence, artificial intelligence (AI) deal activity has been a bright spot for companies and investors, with relatively robust deal activity and sustained investor interest, which are expected to continue

Modernizing an Existing Irrevocable Trust

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

Many savvy estate plans include the use of an irrevocable trust that was established many years ago. However, the very nature of an irrevocable trust means that once the trust agreement is finalized, the terms of that trust cannot be amended or modified.

DC AG’s Settlement Part of Latest Efforts to Snuff Out Flavored Tobacco and Nicotine Sales

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb has settled with Swedish Match North America LLC (SMNA) to resolve an investigation into allegations that the company facilitated the sale of Zyn flavored nicotine pouches in violation of the District’s ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine products and other

Ninth Circuit Precedent Limits Fraud-Based Label Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

It is well-settled that fraud-based claims asserted in federal court need to satisfy not only Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6)’s plausibility pleading standard but also the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b).

EEOC Highlights How Wearable Technologies May Implicate Employment Discrimination Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24

WASHINGTON – A new fact sheet titled “Wearables in the Workplace: The Use of Wearables and Other Monitoring Technology Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws,” released today by the U.S.

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