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FDA Still Struggling for Reliable CBD Data; Congress Losing Patience

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

In late May 2019, the Food and Drug Administration held a landmark hearing regarding a regulatory framework for CBD products. By July, Congress was already becoming impatient with the lack of progress. It is now January 2020, and the FDA does not...

Resignation: Antidote for Internal Dissention and Deadlock?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

There are countless New York corporations in which the owners are equal 50/50 shareholders and co-members of a two-member board. Where one sues the other for judicial dissolution, and the ground for dissolution is “deadlock” and/or “internal...

WCAB Declares Intent to Invalidate Administrative Director’s Jurisdiction to Adjudicate SJDV

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

On January 13, 2020, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB or Board) issued an en banc affirmation of its July 31, 2018 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration and gave the California Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’...

Minnesota Legislative Update: Governor Releases $2 Billion Capital Investment Proposal

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

During a series of press events over the last week, Governor Tim Walz (DFL) released his $2.028 billion capital budget proposal. Dubbed the “Local Jobs and Project Plan,” the Governor’s proposal prioritized affordable housing, water infrastructure,...

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 20 December 2019 - 9 January 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

BREXIT - Please see the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for the publication of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2211 on CCP regulatory framework equivalence in the OJ and ESMA’s related amended recognition decisions. Please see...

Review Commission Gains Quorum After Senate Confirmations

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

Since April of 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) has been a panel of one. After Chairwoman Heather MacDougall resigned from the Commission on March 31, 2019 and Commission Cynthia Attwood’s term ended in April...

GC Insights: BlackRock Issues Letter to CEOs

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

BlackRock’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink issued his annual letter to CEOs and a letter to clients on January 14, 2020. Both letters focused on the importance of climate change and sustainability in the evaluation of the companies...

A Matter of First Impression: New Jersey Court Holds that Federal Law Does Not Bar Legal Reimbursement for Medical Marijuana

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

An employer ordered to reimburse a worker for his purchase of medical marijuana – as part of a workers’ compensation claim – is not in danger of violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, according to an important decision rendered by the New...

New and Updated California Workplace Safety Regulations Expected in 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board continues to have a multitude of draft regulations on its plate for this coming year. Employers and trade groups will have the opportunity to influence California’s new workplace safety...

Win For Motor Carriers In Battle In California Over Employment Classification Of Owner-Operators

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/20

A highly anticipated decision granting a preliminary injunction preventing California from applying its new independent contractor test to motor carriers was issued by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez on January 12. While the ruling was...

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