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Electric Vehicle and Charging Station Tax Credits: Assessing Proposed Changes

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

Section 30D of the US Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) provides business and individual taxpayers that purchase new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (“EVs”), including passenger vehicles and light trucks, with a nonrefundable tax credit.

Will Cal-OSHA’s Third Attempted Revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standards Be A Charm or a Strike-Out?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Cal-OSHA’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held a special meeting to discuss new guidance from the California Department of Public Health as specifically related to face coverings in the workplace. ...

Revised Approach to Standard Contractual Clauses Creates Key Deadlines and Offers Long-Awaited Answers

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

The European Commission’s long-awaited updates to the Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) have arrived. Data protection lawyers globally have eagerly anticipated these changes, which are necessary to address a legal landscape re-made by the GDPR and, more recently, the Schrems II decision.

Proposal for power to block UK listings on national security grounds

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

The government has published an initial consultation on implementing a precautionary power to block listings on national security grounds. The power is intended to complement existing sanctions powers and the existing anti-money laundering framework....

Shipping Emissions Remain a Focus of Reintroduced House Bill

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

In honor of World Oceans Day, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) reintroduced legislation aimed at addressing the ocean impacts of climate change and reforming federal ocean management to better account for climate mitigation.

First-Ever Mandatory Cybersecurity Directive for Oil and Gas Pipelines Signals More Robust Regulations to Come

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

New cybersecurity requirements for oil and gas pipelines signal important changes to the regulatory landscape for midstream companies.

New York Approves Amendments to HERO Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law legislation making amendments to certain provisions of the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act).

Defendant’s Unsuccessful About-Face Results in $5 Million Judgment

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

Litigants arguing that their adversary should be judicially estopped from pursing a particular position in litigation face a relatively high burden to invoke the doctrine successfully.  Two recent decisions from Justice Borrok help illustrate the specific circumstances under which courts are most

Sunset Date for Analog LPTV and TV Translator Stations Less Than a Month Away

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

On June 11, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released what is likely to be a final reminder to licensees of low power television (LPTV) and TV translator stations and to permittees of new digital LPTV and TV translator stations about the forthcoming July 13, 2021 analog sunset da

What Does Virginia’s New Data Privacy Law Mean for Energy Companies?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/06/21

Virginia became the second state in the United States, after California, to pass a comprehensive data privacy law when the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) passed both houses of the state legislature in February with overwhelming bipartisan support and was promptly signed into law by

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