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What Employers Need to Know about New York State’s New Discrimination and Harassment Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

In 2018, in response to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, New York State enacted laws to provide stronger protections against workplace sexual harassment, including mandating that New York employers have a complaint and investigation process and a...

[Event] Knowledge Management In the Legal Profession - October 22nd-23rd, New York, NY

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

Exploring KM's potential as an "organizational capability" for leveraging the firm's experience, data and intellectual capital as a strategic resource, while evolving in step with demands that are reshaping both the practice and business of law....

SEC Outlines Parameters of Permissible Broker-Dealer Advice to Customers

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) issued a new interpretation (“Interpretation”) of the “solely incidental” prong of Section 202(a)(11)(C) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers...

Employers Must Comply with FMLA Leave Designation Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

Employers seeking to juggle employee leave demands with their own regulatory compliance obligations received clarification from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Specifically, the DOL published a clarifying opinion letter regarding the issue of...

Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

On July 8, the staffs of the Division of Trading and Markets (TM) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission and of the Office of General Counsel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. issued a joint statement on broker-dealer custody...

[Video] [WEBINAR] Focusing on the “US” in HoUSing: Merging Housing, Transportation, Incentives and Community

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

Housing is a serious and growing issue for communities across the country. This webinar provides a high-level overview around what is being deemed an “affordability crisis” and the legal and policy issues that arise when a city may not be meeting...

McNees Litigation News - July 2019

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

SCOTUS Class Action Update: Consumers Get Another Bite at Apple Profits for Alleged Antitrust Violations - On May 14th, in an opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court of the United States gave consumers the opportunity to proceed...

CFPB settles lawsuit with nation’s largest debt-settlement services provider

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

The CFPB announced that it has settled the lawsuit it filed in a California federal district court against Freedom Debt Relief (FDR) and its CEO for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the Telemarketing Sales Rule...

2019 U.S. Online Retail Forecast

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

Would you believe us if we said the growth rate of U.S. online retail sales has slowed notably over the last three quarters? It seems improbable given the ongoing carnage in store-based retailing in 2019, but it’s true. For the first time since the...

Changes to the Index Product Illustration Requirements Are No Child’s Play

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/07/19

The NAIC’s Annuity Disclosure Working Group and IUL Illustration Subgroup continue to chalk out changes to the Annuity Disclosure Model Regulation (Model) and Actuarial Guideline 49 (AG 49) to address index product innovation....

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