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Seventh Circuit “In Chambers” Opinion Provides Key Guidance on Amicus Briefs

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

Key Takeaways - The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued a decision providing new guidance on how to draft amicus briefs that the court will accept for filing.

[Video] Fraud Eats Strategy Episode 8: Critiquing Leadership and Living to Tell About It

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

In this episode, we talk about the uncomfortable and sometimes terrifying situation when a compliance officer must critique a member of leadership team and living to tell about it.

[Video] 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program - Post-acquisition integration plan

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

Your company has just made its largest acquisition ever and your CEO says that he wants you to have a compliance post-acquisition integration plan on his desk in one week. Where do you begin?

[Video] Daily Compliance News: October 17, 2020-the Kiss of Death edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. EY and imploding companies. (WSJ) 2. Compliance breakdowns at J&F. (WSJ) 3. Will offices ever be full again? (NYT) 4. Corruption is the ultimate betrayal of public trust. (UNNews)...

Annual general meetings and the "new normal": shareholder engagement in the UK during COVID-19 and beyond

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

With the UK's 2020 AGM season over, the FRC has published a review of how companies responded to the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown and set out its view of best practice for the 2021 AGM season.

The Stamp Duty (Valuation of Immovable Property) Regulations, 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning has enacted the Stamp Duty (Valuation of Immovable Property) Regulations, 2020 (the Regulations) which allow the Chief Government Valuer to appoint a private valuer to conduct property valuation on behalf of the government....

Cannabis Client Alert - Week of October 12, 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

In this week’s edition: Mounting challenges to US and global drug scheduling classifications of cannabis, US cannabis stocks surge after statements by Kamala Harris (D) at VP-nominee debates, Vermont enacts legislation establishing a taxed and regulated recreational cannabis market, New Mexico Ho

Financial Law Insight

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/20

In September 2020, the FMA released its Supervision Insights report. The report provides key findings arising from the FMA’s monitoring activity and provides examples and expectations for monitored entities.

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Decide if PTAB Judges Are Constitutional

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/10/20

Are PTAB judges constitutional? This week the Supreme Court granted certiorari to answer this question. In Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, the Federal Circuit considered whether the appointment of administrative patent judges violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

You Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting (Or at Least, Inadequate)

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/10/20

Article 45 of the GDPR allows the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country when the third country ensures an “adequate level of protection” (adequacy decision).

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