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Cleveland Employers Must Prepare for City’s New Pay Equity and Transparency Rules: Your Top Questions Answered + 5 Steps to Take Next

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Cleveland employers will soon need to include salary ranges in job postings and refrain from asking job applicants questions related to their salary history, thanks to a new ordinance adopted by the City Council last week.

Don’t Forget—Big Changes Coming to Colorado’s Privacy Act: Upcoming Deadlines for Biometrics and Minors Effective July 1, 2025, and October 1, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Colorado was the third state in the U.S. to pass comprehensive privacy legislation, following in the footsteps of California and Virginia (the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”).

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: May 5, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Reconciliation Hits a Speedbump - As of May 6, 2025, it will not be what was anticipated on Capitol Hill. Multiple committees, including the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reportedly had planned to spend this week marking up their reconciliation packages.

Can I Avoid New U.S. Tariffs by Routing Goods Through Different Countries? (Spoiler Alert: No)

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

With the recent surge in tariffs and imposition of differentiated tariffs for different countries of origin (i.e., higher tariffs for goods originating from China than from neighboring countries and potentially other countries subject to “reciprocal tariffs”), businesses are under pressure to fin

Navigating the Legal Soup: A New “Short-Form” Recipe for Prop 65 Warnings on Food and Beverages

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Until this year, food companies—often the target of Proposition 65 enforcement actions—have been limited to specific “full-length” language for Prop 65 warnings, without explicit guidance regarding whether short-form warnings could be used as a safe harbor warning for food products and non-alcoho

M-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter-I-Humpback, Humpback-I: Checking in on Mississippi Cannabis

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Another legislative session has come and gone in Mississippi (a limited, short special session is all but a certainty, as the Legislature passed no state budget), resulting in tweaks to the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act (MMCA) and a failed consumable hemp regulatory bill.

FCA findings on international payment pricing transparency

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published examples of good and poor practices following its review into international payment pricing transparency.

Update: DOL Investigators Directed Not to Apply 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

New U.S. DOL Guidance on Independent Contractor vs. Employee Analysis -On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“U.S. DOL”) Wage & Hour Division issued a field assistance bulletin (“FAB”) to guide investigators on determining independent contractor vs.

The Demise of the Civil Jury Trial: Why It Might Be Happening and Why It Matters

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Much has been written about the demise of the civil jury trial, while not as much has been written as to whether this is a good or bad development.

Not What You Think: Some Trump Tariffs Exempt Your Goods from Other Trump Tariffs

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Some importers are finding, to their surprise, that the Trump Administration’s 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel create an exemption from the 125% tariffs on Chinese goods. The Trump tariff agenda has been complex, to say the least.

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