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AB 51 Challenge: TRO Granted

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

Seyfarth Synopsis: Set to take effect on January 1, 2020, AB 51 would make it unlawful for employers to impose arbitration agreements on employees as a condition of employment, even if employees are permitted to opt out. As expected, AB 51 was...

NLRB Brings Some Clarity, Consistency and Sanity to Confidential Investigations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

The flurry of activity from National Labor Relations Board in late 2019 was a fairly consistent drum beat of good news for employers.  In many cases, the Board restored decades of precedent that had been upended by the Board during the Obama...

Sole Proprietor? Partnership? LLC? Which Business Entity is Right for Me?

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

Whether you, and your business associates, are forming a local coffee shop or the next big Silicon Valley tech company, most entrepreneurs will have to decide on the type of operating entity that they will use for their business venture. Sole...

Legal Wars - Uber strikes back

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far, far away, California passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which took effect on January 1, 2020. AB5 is designed to crack down on companies classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees....

Free Speech Triumphs in Transit Advertisements

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

Northeastern Pennsylvania Freethought Society v. County of Lackawanna Transit System, 938 F.3d 424 (3d Cir. Sept. 17, 2019) (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that County transit system’s rejection of atheist group’s proposed...

Mexico’s New Immigration Fees for 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior (Secretaria de Gobernación, SEGOB) and National Immigration Institute (NII) (Instituto Nacional de Migración, INM) published new governmental fees for immigration procedures related to foreign nationals and...

Judge Orders Emergency Halt of AB 5 for Truck Drivers

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, December 31st, to halt enforcement of California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), regarding truck drivers, only hours before the law went into effect on January 1, 2020.  AB 5, often referred...

[Video] 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program-Day 6 | The Code of Conduct

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

What is the value of having a Code of Conduct? In its early days, a Code of Conduct tended to be lawyer-written and lawyer-driven to wave in regulator’s face during an enforcement action as proof of ethical overall behavior. Is such a legalistic code...

[Video] FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 459-Fry Wernick on the Hoskins Jury Instructions

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

In the Episode, I visit with Ephraim (Fry) Wernick. He is a partner in the Government Investigations and White-Collar Practice Group at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Washington, DC.  Mr. Wernick joined V&E in June 2019 after serving 11 years as a federal...

[Video] Daily Compliance News: January 6, 2020, the NCAA in Trouble edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/20

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: Congress takes aim at NCAA. (WSJ) Massive Cambridge Analytica document dump. (The Guardian) Does Ghosn flight bode no bail for super wealthy going forward? (FT) Ex-Ecuador President charged with...

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