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Public Accommodation Laws and Vaccination Inquiries

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

Last week, the EEOC provided updated COVID-19 guidance to employers on vaccines and vaccine incentives in the employment realm.

EEOC Takes a Second Shot at COVID-19: Employer Vaccine Incentives Approved, Subject to Exceptions, But Questions Remain

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued an update to its December 2020 guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and incentive programs.

Supreme Court Rules CFAA Does Not Criminalize Every Violation of a Computer-Use Policy

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

In Van Buren v.

COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy & Regulatory Update No. 48

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

LATEST KEY DEVELOPMENTS Competition & State Aid • Multilateral Working Group on pharmaceutical mergers launches a joint public consultation • European Commission receives Recovery and Resilience Plans from 18 Member States • EU approves new and amended Member State measures to support

Washington State’s New Health Emergency Labor Standards Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

Governor Jay Inslee recently signed the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act (HELSA or the Act), a sweeping worker protection bill recently passed by the state legislature.

Renewable Energy Update - June 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

Biden proposes more than $2B for clean energy infrastructure, $14B+ increase in climate spending - Utility Dive – June 1 - President Joe Biden's proposed 2022 budget calls for increased spending on climate mitigation, research, and a variety of infrastructure projects — including energy effic

Afternoon Briefs: Judge compares AR-15 to Swiss Army knife; suit claims GC wasn’t rehired because of long-haul COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21


Ohio Senate Committee chefs baking economic development morsels into their version of the state budget bill

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

On June 1, 2021, the Ohio Senate Finance Committee released its version of the state’s biennial operating budget (HB 110), which must be signed into law by June 30, 2021.

Biden Describes Combating Corruption as National Security Priority, Orders Interagency Review to Bolster Anti-Corruption Tools including Private Sector Partnerships

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued his first National Security Study Memorandum, announcing that “countering corruption [is] a core United States national security interest.” It describes corruption as a threat to our “national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development e

Failure to X-Ray Implicates Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA) is designed to prevent patient "dumping." It applies to all individuals coming to the emergency department (ED) of a hospital that accepts Medicare funding.

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