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Massachusetts Property Tax Alert: What To Do If You Disagree With Your Assessment

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

The deadline to appeal Fiscal Year 2020 assessments to municipal Boards of Assessors in Massachusetts is February 1, 2020, which is a Saturday.  As such, you must file/mail the application for abatement, which is the first required step in the...

How many websites in the United States are deploying a cookie notice or banner?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

The terms “cookie notice” or “cookie banner” refer to a banner, splash page, or other notice that deploys on a website to inform visitors that the site uses cookies.  While such disclosures are fairly ubiquitous in the European Union owing to both...

Investigations Newsletter: Major Retail and Health Care Company Faces Fraudulent Billing Lawsuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

Omnicare and CVS Face Fraudulent Billing Lawsuit - On Tuesday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a False Claims Act lawsuit against Omnicare, Inc. and its parent company, CVS Health Corporation. The complaint...

TRACED Act Poised to Become Law. Stepped Up Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Robocalls and Text Messages Anticipated

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

The Senate has voted to adopt the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act (S 151), with modifications that were negotiated between the House and Senate. The House adopted the legislation earlier this month with a...

GDPR Guide to National Implementation: Ireland - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? New legislation has been passed....
By: White & Case LLP

Ontario Government Proposes Significant Amendments to Ontario Class Proceedings Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

On December 9, 2019, the Attorney General of Ontario introduced Bill 161, the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2019 (Bill 161) which, among other things, proposes a number of changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (CPA). Bill 161 follows...

New York Court Precludes Plaintiff’s Expert Causation Opinion After Frye Hearing

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

Recent outcomes in New York state underscore the need for defendants to challenge plaintiff’s novel causation theories and pursue a Frye hearing when applicable, particularly in the medical malpractice context when plaintiffs fail to establish that...

Meat and Poultry Products Industrial Point Source Category/Clean Water Act: Center for Biological Diversity U.S. Court of Appeals Petition for Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other organizations filed a December 18th Petition for Review (“Petition”) challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) determination that: . . . revision of the...

SECURE Act Passage Now Secure

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

The world of benefits regulation has seen significant change lately, with the enactment of tax reform in 2017 (see “Focus on ERISA - Tax Reform Includes Benefits and Compensation Provisions”), and the rise and fall of the U.S. Department of Labor’s...

Entering the Era of Operational Resilience

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/19

Compliance and risk management professionals take naturally to acronyms and terms of art that help us understand what we do, so let me introduce one that’s likely to become more important in years to come. Operational resilience....

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