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European Union Moves Towards Mandatory Supply Chain Due Diligence: Start Gearing Up For New Directive

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

Introduction - There has been a proliferation of new laws concerning ethical sourcing and due diligence in supply chains in various territories in recent years.

Privacy Tip #282 – Apple’s New iPhone Privacy Controls

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

Once again, Apple is leading the pack on privacy and implementing new privacy controls, starting next week. What does this mean for you?...
By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Advanced Nuclear Energy can Support a Just Transition for Communities that were Reliant on Coal

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

The White House demonstrates its continued support for fossil fuel communities during the  current clean energy transition by standing up the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communicatees and Economic Revitalization ......

Biden's American Families Plan Proposes Income Tax Hikes

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

The American Families Plan is the third part of the Biden Administration's Build Back Better agenda, addressing "human infrastructure" and containing proposals on free education, direct support to children and families, and the extension of tax cuts for families with children and American workers

Major reform of Foreign Direct Investment rules in Germany

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

The long-awaited 17th amendment of the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung - AWV) has now come. It will enter into force on May 1, 2021....
By: Dentons

Mexico’s COVID-19 Traffic Light Monitoring System - April 2021 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

After weeks of improving pandemic conditions in Mexico - since March 2021, none of Mexico’s 32 states has been classified in red status, the strictest tier of the federal government’s four-tiered COVID-19 traffic light monitoring system - there has been a slight regression in the epidemiological

President Biden Touts Vaccination Tax Credit for Small Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

On April 21, President Joe Biden encouraged employers to claim a new tax credit for small and medium sized businesses that provide employees with paid time off to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations.

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules that Employees can be Reimbursed for Medical Marijuana Expenses

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision in the area of cannabis law. In Hager v MK Construction, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed that medical cannabis prescriptions are lawful under workers compensation, but that buries the lede....

North Carolina Certificate of Need - Landscape for the Remainder of 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

Predictably, the 2021 Certificate of Need (CON) year in North Carolina has begun with a veritable flurry of activity – what has happened to date and, importantly, what we can expect for the remainder of the 2021 CON year?

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - April #4

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/21

Pressure is increasing on the Biden Administration to release the delayed Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect workers from COVID-related risks.

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