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Fintech Week in Review - June 2021 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

A buy-now pay-later company faces a potential class action alleging it hid the risk of overdraft and NSF fees from its users. Leaders of the CFPB’s Fair Lending Office published an article encouraging the use of special purpose credit programs to effect racial justice....

Los Angeles Mayor Revises Existing, and Issues New, Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Absences Related to COVID-19 Vaccines

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 24, 2021, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti revised his Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Due to COVID-19 (SPSL) Order and issued a new order, Vaccine Paid Sick Leave Due to COVID-19 (CVL Order).

United States v. Arthrex: The Supreme Court Provides the Director of the USPTO with Review Authority over Final PTAB Decisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 21, 2021, in United States v. Arthrex, the Supreme Court finds that Administrative Patent Judges (“APJs”) on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panels for inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings to be acting as Principal Officers in violation of the Appointments Clause.

What’s Next: Opportunities in Infrastructure Now That a First Step Has Been Taken

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 24, 2021, following months of negotiations, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced their support for a $1.2 trillion bipartisan framework for infrastructure investment.

House Votes to Repeal OCC True Lender Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 24, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S.J. Res. 15 by a vote of 218-208 to repeal the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “True Lender” rule under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

Pennsylvania Medical Device Strict Liability Claims: Relentless Repetition, Clamoring for Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

A Pennsylvania federal court has again asked that the state’s Supreme Court clarify whether, and to what extent, medical device manufacturers are immune from strict liability claims by virtue of the “unavoidably unsafe products” exemption recognized in Restatement (Second) of Torts Sec.

New York Governor Signs Legislation Establishing Mandatory Staffing Committees for NY Hospitals

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 22, 2021, Governor Andrew M.

Mauritius on track for removal from European Union's list of high-risk third countries after FATF Plenary

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

In May 2020, the European Commission (EC) identified Mauritius as a high-risk third country with deficiencies in its Anti Money-Laundering and Counter Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime.

HUD Will Once Again Subject Homeowners Insurers To Discriminatory Effects Scrutiny

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

On June 25 the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would re-codify its 2013 regulation subjecting the practices and policies of homeowners insurers to scrutiny under a disparate impact standard as a means of enforcing the Fair Housing Act.

MarkIt to Market® - June 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/06/21

The June 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses recent litigation surrounding copyright registration invalidation and implications of the increase in trademark application filings at the USPTO.

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