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Top 5 Tips For Managing Employees During The Election Season And Beyond

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

If you could not tell from the political commercials, candidate signs on every lawn, and nonstop news coverage, the 2020 election is in full swing. Early voting has started in many states and over 20 million people have already voted.

SEC Speaks 2020: Enforcement and Examination Highlights

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

On October 8 and 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) held its annual “SEC Speaks” program in partnership with the Practicing Law Institute, this year in a virtual format and after a several-month postponement due to COVID-19.

Election Day Leave Policies – What Employers Need to Know Before November 3

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

Even though it happens every four-years, it still tends to dominate the media, culture, and watercooler. We are, of course, talking about the presidential election. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, but citizens have been voting in some states since late September....

Empty property rates in England; how can a business mitigate its liability?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

A tax on failure - Empty property rates is a tax on failure; the failure of the owner to find either a profitable use for the premises or a tenant to pay a rent. Since March 2020, reliefs have been available to cushion some ratepayers against the economic consequences of the pandemic....

FDA Issues Grants for Clinical Trial Research for Orphan Diseases

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

In an effort to enhance development of medical products for orphan diseases (or rare diseases), the U.S.

At U.S. Supreme Court, Jewish Heirs Lay Claim to Treasure Taken by Nazi Agents in 1935

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

(WASHINGTON-October 22, 2020) The heirs to the Jewish art dealers who were forced to sell the medieval devotional art collection known as the Welfenschatz (in English, the Guelph Treasure) to agents of Hermann Goering in 1935 filed their brief today in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Real Estate Alphabet Soup: S is for Survey

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

In my last post, “Real Estate Alphabet Soup: R is for Real Property” I continued my primer on the “alphabet soup” of real estate. This post continues to stir the “alphabet soup” with the letter “S.”...

NSA Issues List of Vulnerabilities Used by Chinese Backed Hackers

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a Cybersecurity Advisory on October 20, 2020, entitled “Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Exploit Publicly Known Vulnerabilities,” alerting IT professionals to 25 vulnerabilities that Chinese state-sponsored hackers are using against U.S.

Global M&A stages rebound in Q3 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

After deal activity stagnated in H1, the third quarter offers some hope for dealmakers, as deal volume and value surpass Q3 2019. A total of US$896.3 billion in M&A deals transacted in the third quarter—an impressive 141% increase in value compared to Q2.

Law Firm Leaders Speak to the Power of Marketing

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/10/20

Insights from law firm leaders growing in partnership with their marketing teams....
By: Legal Marketing Association (LMA)

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