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[Video] Daily Compliance News: April 14, 2020-the Won’t Get Fooled Again edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. Businesses to workers: you’re on your own. (NYT) 2. No jail time for Alstom cooperator. (WSJ) 3. Is he or isn’t he leaving? Bob Iger’s retirement or not. (WaPo) 4. The wrong vision at Softbank (WaPo)...

Ginnie Mae Updates Multiclass Securities Guide to Include ARRC LIBOR Fallback Recommendations

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

Ginnie Mae recently issued Multiclass Participant Memorandum 20-01, announcing updates to its Multiclass Securities Guide (the Guide) relating to the possible cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) after 2021.    ...

This Too Shall Pass: and Then What? Part 1 - Logistics of Returning Employees to the Workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

Many businesses have been shuttered or have reduced their operations to an on-site skeleton crew supporting droves of teleworkers. At some point, most will reopen and bring their employees back into the workplace. Though the process will vary from...

Genetic Typing Could Answer Key Questions in COVID-19 Tort Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

As the coronavirus pandemic engulfs us, it is easy to imagine the litigation that may follow—including tort suits seeking damages for illness or death allegedly caused by negligent or reckless exposure. Possible fact patterns could run the gamut,...

Michigan Issues Executive Order Implementing COVID-19 Job Leave Protections

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

On April 3, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-36, which, effectively immediately, prohibits Michigan employers from discharging, disciplining or otherwise retaliating against an employee who misses work for certain...

Looking F O R W A R D: The ADR Option To Resolve Commercial Insurance Coverage Disputes

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

New York residents have been asked to “P A U S E.” Across the Nation there is an all-out effort to “Slow the Roll.” Our scientist-leaders have implored us to “social distance.” The historic and courageous acts of healthcare professionals and first...

BASF Corp. v. SNF Holding Co. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

In what may be simple happenstance, the Federal Circuit issued opinions on the same day reversing a District Court grant of summary judgment in opinions written by Judge Lourie, here in BASF Corp. v. SNF Holding Co....

Does the COVID19 Crisis Warrant Relief from a Preliminary Injunction Related to Fire Engines?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

Pierce Manufacturing secured a preliminary injunction prohibiting E-One from selling its Metro 100 single rear axle quint. That preliminary injunction prohibits E-One from selling the Metro 100 during the pendency of the patent infringement...

Medicare Resources and Information for Home Health and Hospice Agencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently provided Section 1135 waivers and guidance granting flexibilities to home health agencies (HHAs) and hospices during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic national emergency. Of note are an...

PPP Loan Forgiveness: Further Guidance on the Math

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/04/20

NOTE: You may have seen Verrill’s earlier introduction to the complexities of Paycheck Protection Program math. The article below provides an even deeper look into the loan forgiveness portion of that math. Thousands of companies have submitted...

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