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COVID-19: Tennessee Begins Phased Reopening of Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

The plan instructs all businesses to screen employees reporting to work for COVID-19 symptoms and also provides industry-specific guidance for restaurants, retailers and exercise facilities. Tennessee is one of the first states to begin reopening...

IRS Announces that Expenses Giving Rise to the Forgiveness of a Paycheck Protection Program Loan

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

To prevent taxpayers from claiming what the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) believes to be an unintended double tax benefit under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the IRS issued Notice 2020-32, 2020-21 I.R.B. 1 (the “Notice”) to deny...

Amendments to Canada's Export Control List Take Effect May 1, 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

On April 1, 2020, Global Affairs Canada published an Order Amending the Export Control List, SOR/2020-48. The Order updated the Export Control List, SOR/89-202 (ECL) to incorporate by reference an updated version of A Guide to Canada’s Export Control...

Are Bankrupt Companies Eligible for a PPP Loan?

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

Should a company in Bankruptcy be eligible for a PPP Loan? A Texas Bankruptcy Judge says, “Yes.” Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones from the Southern District of Texas ruled recently that so long as the company otherwise qualifies for such loans, the...

State Governors’ “Stay-at-Home” and Prohibition on Elective Procedures Orders (Updated)

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

This article was originally published March 26, 2020. New information has been added for the states of Arizona, District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas,...

U.K. Employment Law Update: Furlough Leave Updates and Recommended Changes to Employment Tribunal Processes

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

Recent Updates on the U.K.’s Furlough Leave - The U.K. government has published various updates to its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (colloquially known as the furlough leave scheme). Below we summarise the most significant...

Blog: Corp Fin posts four FAQs related to COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

Corp Fin has posted four new COVID-19-related FAQs, most of which concern the interaction of Form S-3 and the SEC’s COVID-19 Order. As you know, in the COVID-19 Order, the SEC provided public companies that are unable to file timely “due to...

EEOC Sues LogistiCare Solutions and HCM Staffing for Pregnancy Discrimination

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

Call Center Fired Temporary Employees Because They Were Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX – Phoenix call center LogistiCare Solutions LLC violated federal law when it fired temporary employees placed by a staffing company because they were...

Anheuser-Busch Wins Big Battle in Corn Syrup Wars

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

During last year’s Super Bowl, Anheuser-Busch ran a commercial in which a large barrel of corn syrup is delivered to the Bud Light castle. Because Bud Light doesn’t use corn syrup, the Bud Light King and a rag-tag group of knights attempt to deliver...

Politicians seek a 100% immunity in coronavirus — from lawsuits seeking justice

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/05/20

It’s a little hard to fathom but actions speak louder than words: For political partisans, what seems to be scarier than a novel coronavirus that has infected more than 1 million Americans and claimed more lives in a few weeks than years of U.S....

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