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Maine Tax Update: Limited Disaster-Related Exemptions from Non-Resident Income Tax and Sales Tax; Extended Property Tax Deadlines Permitted

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

On May 16, 2020, Maine Revenue Services released a Tax Alert, updating taxpayers on a number of tax-related developments, including Governor Mills’ May 12 executive order and updated MRS FAQ answers....
By: Pierce Atwood LLP

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 1, 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Note: Trial court could not challenge authenticity of note as copy where borrower had not pleaded defenses and lender was not afforded advanced notice of dispositive issue to be tried - Bank of N.Y. Mellon v....

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Confirms Yvanova is Limited to Post-Foreclosure Challenges to Authority

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

In its recent ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit confirmed that California law does not permit pre-foreclosure challenges to assignments of deed of trust. The ruling is significant because it reiterates the limited...

Ontario Permits Alternative Filing Methods Under Business Statutes

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

This bulletin is current up to close of business on May 12, 2020. As circumstances remain fluid, please check with in with your usual Blakes contact for any updates. On May 12, 2020, Ontario passed the COVID-19 Response and Reforms to Modernize...

COVID-19 Update: An End to Temporary Restrictions on Short Selling in the European Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

Further to our Clients and Friends Memorandum of 22 April 2020, on 18 May 2020 the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued a press release on the non-renewal of and termination of short selling bans by the following national...

Guidance Issued on Resuming Elective Surgeries in New Jersey

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

On March 23, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 109, which “limit[ed] non-essential adult elective surgery and invasive procedures, whether medical or dental, [in order to] assist in the management of vital healthcare resources during...

EPA Announces Third Temporary Modification to Pesticide Registration Notice 98-10 to Address Supply Chain Issues for Food-Contact Surface Sanitizer Products in Response to COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is issuing its third temporary modification to Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 98-10 to include food-contact surface sanitizer products containing the active...

Maryland Employers: Take Note of New Employment Laws Effective October 1

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

Beginning October 1, 2020, new obligations and prohibitions take effect concerning Maryland’s antidiscrimination law, mass layoff procedures, salary histories, and more....
By: Morgan Lewis

Judging a Book by Little More than Its Cover: TTAB Finds that Single Book May Meet Trademark-Use Test

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

A recent precedential opinion from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Shannon DeVivo v. Celeste Ortiz, Opposition No. 91242863 (TTAB Mar. 11, 2020), challenges the well-established concept that a single title...

LL Surplus Lines Series (Entry 23): Sampling of COVID-19 State and NAIC Insurance Updates Applicable to the Surplus Lines Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/20

COVID-19 is impacting all facets of the insurance industry, and while the surplus lines market is somewhat inoculated from the impact of various state orders and emergency regulations, many states as well as the National Association of Insurance...

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