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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of May 17, 2021 – May 21, 2021...

Too little, too late - employer could not cure fundamental breach - If an employer commits a repudiatory breach of contract, an employee is entitled to accept the breach by resigning. They can then claim unfair constructive dismissal....

The tides have turned again in the litigation campaign against gaming companies by Worlds, Inc., who many may recognize as one of the named parties in often-cited Federal Circuit case law on real-parties in interest (“RPI”).

On May 18, 2021, Santa Clara County issued the Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara to Protect the Community from COVID-19, which became effective on May 19, 2021.

In Washington: House Ways and Means Committee Democrats Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Steven Horsford (D-NV) introduced a bill Thursday aimed at boosting the hiring of workers hit hard by the pandemic.

In legal settings, the emphasis is often on the positive act of giving arguments and evidence for a given outcome: Share the proof and the reasons to believe, and let those appeals work their magic on your audience. But there is also a flip side to that.

EU SSR: ESMA proposes permanently lowering reporting threshold of net short positions - The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion in which it recommends that the European Commission permanently lowers the threshold to notify net short positions on shares to nat

Key Points - On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden issued EO 14,028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The EO sets out an ambitious schedule of reviews and rulemakings that portend significant changes in the software and cybersecurity industries, particularly for government contract

Climate change: BoE speech on course to net zero - The Bank of England (BoE) has published a speech by Sarah Breeden, Executive Director, UK Deposit Takers Supervision in which she talks about how financial services firms in the UK can act as stewards in the move to a "net zero" economy....

To enhance its food traceability objective through the use of technology that strengthens the food safety system, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled, on May 19, its latest initiative through which it hopes to obtain valuable information and tangible solutions from various stakehol

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