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Top Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centers in Illinois

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

Victims of traumatic brain injury often require life-long medical treatments and extensive therapy in top TBI rehabilitation centers in Illinois that specialize in brain and spinal cord damage....

Update Regarding FINRA Regulatory Notice 20-08: Pandemic-Related Business Continuity Planning, Guidance and Regulatory Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

On Monday, FINRA published Regulatory Notice 20-08 specifically addressing pandemic-related business continuity considerations in light of the recent coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak, as well as providing potential regulatory relief from certain...

New York Senate introduces digital advertising tax bill

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

On March 13, 2020, New York State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris (Democrat) introduced New York S.8056, which would establish a tax on a digital advertiser’s annual gross revenues derived from digital advertisements in the...

Miami-Dade County Will Not Enforce Evictions During COVID-19 Emergency

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

The Miami-Dade Police Department announced that it would not enforce Writs of Possession during the current state of emergency in Miami-Dade County due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)....

Payments regulatory news, March 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

PSR issues new directions and response to consultation feedback - The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has issued new versions of its directions following its consultation in CP19/3. It has also published a document, RP20/1, containing its responses...

Essential COVID-19 Immigration Planning for US Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

Seyfarth Synopsis: COVID-19 has upended the world. Governments and businesses are racing to respond. The US legal immigration system for sponsoring and employing noncitizens is no exception. American employers must plan around existing, inflexible...

Restricting Employees’ Work-Related Travel in Light of the Coronavirus Threat

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

There are now more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) in over 100 countries. As of the date of this publication, the scope, transmissibility and severity of coronavirus are not well understood. In light of the continuing, rapid...

What to do in case of business disruption due to COVID-19? (Belgium)

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

Many enterprises in various sectors are suffering due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), which has disrupted their business through non-performance of contractual obligations, supply chain disruption, postponed or cancelled business...

Never Waste a Crisis: How Coronavirus May Help Shape the LIBOR Transition

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

The transition away from LIBOR was born from the financial crisis. For years regulators have been pushing for an alternative to the dominant market benchmark. The underlying market was illiquid. The rate was set by opinion, not transactions. It was...

FASB Finalizes Guidance on LIBOR Reference Rate Reform Transition

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/03/20

FASB has issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that provides temporary optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform....

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