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NLRB Proposes Amendments Promoting Employee Free Choice in Representation Matters

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Aug. 12, 2019, published proposed amendments to its rules and regulations in representation matters. Comments on the proposed amendments are due by Oct. 11, 2019, and reply comments by Oct. 25, 2019....

Eighth Circuit Approves Better Treatment for Creditors Making Backstop Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

Add the Eight Circuit to a growing list of courts that have found that a plan of reorganization which proposes better treatment for creditors who have agreed to purchase any leftover securities in an offering (a “backstop agreement”) done pursuant to...

Temporary Partial Disability Benefits: Pre and Post Industrial Accident Wage Loss Considerations

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

On July 29, 2019, the Florida First District Court of Appeals addressed two workers’ compensation cases involving temporary disability benefits—one involving pre-industrial accident wage losses due to a change in jobs and another involving...

Ubisoft Entertainment, S.A. v. Oy (E.D.N.C.)

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

In August 2018, Plaintiffs Ubisoft Entertainment, S.A. and Ubisoft, Inc. (collectively, "Ubisoft") sued Defendant Yousician Oy ("Oy"), alleging that Oy's software products infringed Ubisoft's U.S. Patent No. 9,839,852 (the '852 patent).  In November...

Client Alert: IRS Announces 2020 Increases For HSAs

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

The IRS has released its 2020 annual inflation adjustments for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) as determined under Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, IRS Revenue Procedure 2019-25 provides the adjusted limits for contributions to...

The Ninth Circuit Affirms that California QF Contracts Do Not Comply with PURPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

On July 29, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman et al, Case Nos. 17-17531, 17-17532 (9th Cir. July 29, 2019), which affirmed the judgment of the federal district...

Recent Developments in the Regulatory Treatment of Cryptoassets in the United Kingdom and United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic continue to monitor and address cryptoasset and distributed ledger technology activities. We recently posted on the guidance issued by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on cryptocurrencies and in...

RCRA/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Environmental Integrity Project Notice of Intent to Sue Phillips 66 Company/Los Angeles County, California Refinery

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

The Environmental Integrity Project and Environmental Advocates sent an August 7th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to Phillips 66 Company (“Phillips”) alleging violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”)....

SEC Proposes to Modernize, Improve, and Simplify Disclosure Framework Under Regulation S-K

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to propose rule amendments to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures that public companies are required to make pursuant to...

Legislative Update: Washington, New Jersey Join Nationwide Trend of Salary History Ban Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/08/19

This year has seen states enact a litany of laws aimed at addressing pay equity issues, chief among them salary history bans. Mid-way through 2019, more and more states continue moving full speed ahead with legislation to bar employers from asking...

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