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Significant Amendments to NYS Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Laws Go Into Effect

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

As the New York State Legislature neared the end of the 2019 session in June, it passed several bills amending the state’s laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment. We addressed the major provisions of these new bills in our previous alert. As...

Financial Daily Dose 8.16.2019 | Top Story: : Cathay Pacific CEO Resigns Amidst Turmoil in Hong Kong

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned in order to “take responsibility” a week “after the carrier was rebuked by China for staff involvement in the anti-Beijing protests rocking Hong Kong.” Hogg had been on the job for...

Will Blair Be the Next Concepcion?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

This alert follows on our previous report about the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Blair v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. and two companion cases holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not preempt the California Supreme Court’s ruling in McGill v....

Treatment of Educational ISAs Under Federal and Select State Anti-Discrimination Statutes

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

In this paper, we consider whether educational income share agreements (“ISAs”) are subject to federal and state equal access and anti-discrimination laws. When an ISA provider (“Provider”) sets the terms of an ISA, the Provider generally will...

Judge told woman her nude photos should be sent only to Hugh Hefner, ethics complaint says

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

3 Lessons from a Code of Conduct Launch Bootcamp

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

In the third and final session of a three-week Code of Conduct Bootcamp series, we learned key elements of an influential code of conduct launch. In the 60-minute session, several themes and questions surfaced. I’ll recap here the key lessons we...

What is Hybrid eDiscovery and How Will it Shape the Future of Legaltech?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

In Gartner’s 2019 Market Guide for E-Discovery Solutions, they say a future trend in eDiscovery will be people moving to a Hybrid eDiscovery deployment where “organizations are looking for greater cloud flexibility where capabilities can be ‘dialed...

State Comptroller Wants To Enforce The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act???

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

On August 13, 2019, Illinois Comptroller, Susana Mendoza, signed an Executive Order (EO) aimed at enforcement of the state’s prevailing wage law (aka mandatory top line union wage/benefits scale) for “construction” projects receiving state money. On...

NC Legislative Update: August 2019 #3

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

The legislatures’ drag-on session continued this week with many legislators absent, attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) convention in Austin, Texas. The House held session Monday, August 12, 2019, through Wednesday, August...

FDA Publishes Court-Ordered Cigarette Graphic Warning Proposed Rule, Industry Challenge Expected

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/08/19

On August 15, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) published a court-ordered proposed rule that, if finalized, would mandate graphic health warnings for cigarette packaging and advertisements to "promote greater public...

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