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Public Company Watch: Q1 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

The Q1 2025 edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning.

Is Change Around the Corner? One Proposal to Forge Sweeping Changes to Defense Contracting

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

At the end of 2024, Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) published a plan (“Restoring Freedom’s Forge: American Innovation Unleashed”) and introduced a bill (the Fostering Reform and Government Efficiency in Defense Act or FoRGED Act).

Senate Advances IP and Drug Pricing Legislation Amid Innovation Concerns

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

A Senate panel has advanced three sets of bipartisan bills purportedly aimed at reforming the intellectual property (IP) landscape and lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Together, these bills seek to address issues with product hopping and patent thickets.

Bipartisan AGs Collaborate on Consumer Privacy

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

A bipartisan coalition of seven AGs and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the formation of the Consortium of Privacy Regulators, an initiative aimed at enhancing collaboration and information-sharing to better safeguard consumer privacy rights....

President Trump Issues Executive Order Emphasizing Commercial Procurement in Government Solicitations

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

The order requires a review of acquisitions for non-commercial products and services....
By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Efforts to Expand Mini-WARN Acts’ Requirements Underscore the Importance of Knowing State-Level, Post-Sale Obligations Relating to a Plant Closing or a Mass Layoff

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

As addressed in a prior post, one often-forgotten consideration in many mergers and acquisitions is the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act), which generally requires covered employers to provide 60 days’ written advance notice to affected employees and cer

What Gene Hackman’s Estate Teaches Us About Simultaneous Death, Survivorship Clauses, and Charitable Planning

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

A Hollywood Legend’s Final Act: A Lesson in Estate Planning - The world recently bid farewell to legendary actor Gene Hackman, who passed away on February 18, 2025, at the age of 95. Just six days earlier, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died on February 12, 2025 at the age of 65.

Unleashing American Energy: Trump Administration’s Latest Executive Orders

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

New Executive Orders and Proclamation - On April 8, 2025, President Donald J.

UK pensions: Designating for drawdown - HMRC rules tightened

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

Pension schemes which allow members to designate defined contribution (DC) funds for drawdown may need to amend their scheme rules, following an update to HMRC’s Pensions Tax Manual.

A View From the Top: Jerin Johnson of Prime Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/04/25

The interview below is part of a McGuireWoods series featuring interviews with C-suite leadership of private equity-backed portfolio companies....
By: McGuireWoods LLP

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