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Elite Wireless Group Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment of Teen Employee

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

Employer Failed to Take Appropriate Action Despite Criminal Report of Assault, Federal Agency Charges - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Sprint Authorized retailer Elite Wireless Group, Inc. violated federal law when the retailer failed to address a male store...

California Issues CCPA Proposed Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General’s office published the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) proposed regulations.  The proposed regulations are subject to a verbal and written comment period, which ends on December 6, 2019....

GAO Publishes Fiscal Year 2019 Bid Protest Statistics

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

GAO’s sustain rate dropped to 13 percent, the lowest level since Fiscal Year 2015. Protest activity at the GAO decreased by 16 percent over the previous year....
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

S.90A FSMA: Two strikes and its (not) out for Tesco

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

In an important judgment on the interpretation of section 90A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Tesco Plc failed to strike out two group litigation actions brought in relation to allegedly false and misleading statements made in respect...

Encrypt Your Devices or Face HIPAA Penalties

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

This week, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a $3,000,000 HIPAA settlement arising from a medical center’s loss of an unencrypted laptop and flash drive. This is simply the latest of many HIPAA settlements based on the failure to encrypt...

BUBBLER – California Keeps Saying No(vember)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

In addition to death and taxes, there’s one more certainty in life -- that California’s General Assembly will keep employment lawyers in business. In September and October, California enacted a pair of ground-shifting new laws that practically scream...

Fracking companies seeking to differentiate their fuels

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

CEP Magazine (November 2019) - According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, energy companies such as Southwestern Energy Co. and BP PLC “are seeking to monetize those investments by marketing their natural gas as a cleaner fossil fuel, akin...

DOJ Announces Procurement Collusion Strike Force

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

On November 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the establishment of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF). The PCSF aims to deter, detect, investigate, and prosecute antitrust crimes and related criminal schemes...

Managing A Multigenerational Workforce In Senior Living (Without Age Bias)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

For the first time in our country’s history, today’s workforce consists of five generations working together. Millennials have overtaken the Baby Boomers and Generation X to become the dominant demographic of American labor. Meanwhile, members of the...

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - November 2019

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/11/19

Must every silver lining come with a drenching cloud? Medicine has made major advances in treating fearsome conditions like cancer, HIV-AIDS, congenital heart disorders, and infectious diseases. This progress has won deserved acclaim, edging some...

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