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Alabama Federal Magistrate Recommends Dismissal of Construction Defect Declaratory Judgment Action Due to Expanded Duty to Defend Standard

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

While the starting point for assessing an insurer’s duty to defend requires comparing the allegations contained within a complaint to the language contained within the insured’s policy, the majority of states require an insurer to do more.

IRS Commissioner and President Biden Draw Battle Lines

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

A change in presidential administrations brings with it the uncertainty of what the political, legal and tax landscape will look like in the future.

ISA Recommendations on Corporate Responsibility and ESG Risks

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

In light of global capital market investors’ growing interest in the topic of responsible investments, the Israel Securities Authority recently published a proposed outline for corporate responsibility and ESG risk disclosures....

First District Affirms Judgment Rejecting CEQA and General Plan Consistency Challenges to Napa County’s EIR for Syar Quarry Expansion Project, Addresses Significant Exhaustion and Land Use Issues

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

In an 85-page opinion filed March 25, and modified and certified for partial publication on April 23, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed the Napa County Superior Court’s judgment denying a writ petition challenging the County’s EIR and approvals for an expansion of Syar Industries,

Fourteen Years Later, FDA Flexes Its Clinicaltrials.gov Enforcement Authority

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

FDA recently issued its first clinicaltrials.gov notice of noncompliance to a clinical trial sponsor for failure to submit clinical trial results to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) databank....

Recent Hong Kong Court decision on a bank’s liability on its employee’s fraudulent conducts

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

What happens when a Bank’s customer loses money due to a fraud perpetrated by an employee of the Bank? What, if any, remedies does the defrauded customer have against the Bank?...
By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

SPAC Act Introduced in the Senate

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

On April 29, 2021, Sen. John Kennedy (R) introduced the Sponsor Promote and Compensation (SPAC) Act (the “bill”), which would require the SEC to issue rules requiring enhanced disclosures for blank check companies, including SPACs, during the IPO and pre-merger stages....

Florida’s Consumer Privacy Law Fails to Pass

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

On Friday, April 30, Florida’s legislature closed its 2021 session without passing the much anticipated Florida Privacy Act.

CFPB Enters Into Consent Order with Mortgage Lender for $140,000

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

On April 27, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a reverse mortgage broker and lender, resolving allegations that the company violated the Mortgages Acts and Practices Advertising Rule (MAP Rule), Regulation Z, and the Cons

New TPA Law Governing Workers Compensation in Washington State

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/05/21

Washington has recently adopted legislation (Substitute House Bill 2409 that established Revised Code of Washington 51.14.179) that will impose new licensing and other regulatory requirements on workers compensation Third Party Administrators (“TPAs”) that contract with one or more self-insured e

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