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COVID-19 Vaccination Legislation Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

As states begin lifting pandemic restrictions, employers are considering ways to bring their workers back to the workplace safely.  Since the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine, states across the country have been proposing COVID-19 vaccination bills that will impact employers’ workplace vaccinatio

Employers May Still Rely On Boeing, But For How Long?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

On May 3, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) found that the employer’s policy barring workers from recording conversations with their colleagues did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”).

Removing The Mask: Can We Lift Our COVID-19 Related Restrictions In The Workplace?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

As of today, the answer to whether a business can lift its COVID-19 workplace restrictions is “maybe”, depending upon what federal, state, or local legal authority ultimately calls the shots on the issue.

ISS' Arbitrary And Capricious Assessment Of Board Diversity

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

Last week, Liz Dunshee at TheCorporateCounsel.net noted that ISS has updated its policies and procedures to explain how it assesses racial and ethnic diversity.  Currently, ISS considers board diversity in making voting recommendations for two of its specialty policies: Socially Responsible Inves

401(k) Investment Option Challenge Heads To Ninth Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

Recently, in Davis v. Salesforce.com, a California district court dismissed for the second time claims alleging that the defendant 401(k) plan fiduciaries breached their ERISA fiduciary duties by retaining overpriced and underperforming investment options on the plan’s investment menu.

What is the potential impact of the abortion case before the Supreme Court?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21


Are Industry Standards Beside the Point Where Strict Liability is Claimed?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

It has been almost seven years since Tincher v. Omega Flex Inc. was decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

DANTE’S DEDUCTION: Or Did You Mean A Credit?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

There is hope that the plague is behind us. Pestilence is on its way either in the form of a lantern fly or the return of the cicada after 17 years of peace. For the divorce lawyer and his friend in crime, the accountant, there is another crisis emerging.

New York to Implement CDC Guidance on Indoor Mask Use and Social Distancing

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that effective Wednesday, May 19, 2021, New York State will adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People for most businesses and public settings....

Compliance Notes - Vol. 2, Issue 20

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21

Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance, election law and government ethics issues at the federal, state and local

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