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New Cybersecurity Certification Framework Will Have Significant Impact on Defense Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is forging ahead in its plan to adopt a new framework for cybersecurity, with significant ramifications for all defense contractors, including subcontractors. On November 8, 2019, DOD released Version 0.6 of its...

The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? The FDA Issues 15 New Warning Letters to CBD Companies - Cannabis Industry News Alert

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a shot across the bow of the cannabidiol (CBD) industry on November 25. The FDA disclosed that it issued warning letters to 15 companies “for illegally selling products containing [CBD] in ways that...

Russia Update: State Duma Adopts Bill Increasing Fines for Violation of Data Protection Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

On 21 November 2019 a bill imposing multi-million Ruble (RUB) fines for infringing Russian data localization and information security laws passed the last hearing at the State Duma. This likely means that the bill will become the law soon, once it...

The California Supreme Court Is To Decide the Retroactive Application of the Dynamex Independent Contractor Decision

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

On November 20, 2019, the California Supreme Court finally agreed to take up the question of whether the landmark Dynamex independent contractor decision applies retroactively. In April 2018, the California Supreme Court adopted the “ABC” test for...

Dealing with plastics in the supply chain

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 22 (November 21, 2019) - Two news items touch on the problem of plastic waste clogging the oceans and how to remove plastics from the supply chain or find other more innovative solutions. The first are...

Three Easy Ways to Follow Up After a Networking Event

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

It’s easy to think that the hard part of networking is the event itself, and if we can navigate that successfully, we’ve done our jobs well and the work will come in. But a big part of successful relationship development is continuity, and that means...

Broad Genus of HCV Compounds Wasn’t Enabled or Described

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

In a case relating to compounds for the treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) for lack of enablement and reversed the court’s...

Fintech Growth in Kenya: The Success of Mobile Money

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

While financial technology, or fintech, is booming in Asia, another continent is also using the advantages of technological innovations to facilitate growth in the financial sector. Africa’s fintech sector has grown significantly in recent years....

SEC Proposes New Rules and Amendments to Update the Approach to the Regulation of Funds’ Use of Derivatives and Other Transactions

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2019 approved for publication a three-part rule proposal related to the use of derivatives and certain other transactions by registered investment companies (i.e., open-end funds other than...

IRS Eliminates Worry About "Clawback"

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/19

In response to Internal Revenue Code Section 2001(g)(2), enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Act, in which the Secretary of the Treasury was directed to prescribe regulations to carry out IRC Section 2001(g) with respect to the difference between the...

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