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U.S. Department of Education to Resume Federal Student Loan Collections

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

On April 21, the U.S. Department of Education announced that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans starting Monday, May 5th. This decision ends a collections pause that has been in place since March 2020.

Federal Court Website Accessibility Lawsuit Filings Continue to Decrease in 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

Plaintiffs filed 2,452 website accessibility lawsuits in federal court in 2024 – a 13% decrease from 2023....
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court’s Cornell decision sets low pleading bar for ERISA claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

In a decision poised to change the landscape of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) litigation, on April 17, 2025, the Supreme Court held in Cunningham et al. v. Cornell University et al.

3 Eric Adams prosecutors won’t confess ‘wrongdoing when there was none,’ their resignation letter says

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

OMB Solicits Public Comment on Eliminating Regulations, Including OSHA Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

Every safety professional has an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation he or she cannot stand, believes is a waste of time, energy, and/or money, or considers outdated and antiquated.

Drawing the Line Somewhere

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

What Happens When a Parcel is Split Zoned?- Municipal zoning maps frequently include the entirety of a lot or a tax parcel within a given zoning district. But, sometimes zoning maps do not do this. Sometimes, zoning maps split a parcel between different zoning districts.

EC launches targeted consultation on barriers to EU capital markets integration

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

The European Commission (EC) has published its targeted consultation on the integration of EU capital markets under its savings and investments union (SIU) strategy, accompanied by a press release and updated webpage.

A Vested Interest in Honest Business: California Attorney General Reminds Businesses that FCPA Violations Remain Actionable under State Law Amid Federal FCPA Enforcement Pause

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

On April 2, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a Legal Advisory reminding businesses operating in California that foreign bribery remains illegal under California law and that violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) continue to be actionable under the California

EEOC Submits Request to Eliminate Optional Disclosure of Non-Binary Data for EEO-1 Reporting

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

On April 15, 2025, in response to Executive Order 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, the EEOC filed an Information Collection Request (ICR) with OMB requesting what it classified as a non-substantive change to remove the

March 2025 Consumer Litigation Filings: Everything Up

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/04/25

According to a recent report by WebRecon, court filings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were all up for the month.

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