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US-EU Margin Rules Reference Guide

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

This updated guide lays out the margin requirements for uncleared derivative transactions in a user-friendly comparative table. Please see full Publication below for more information....
By: Latham & Watkins LLP

FAA Preempts New York’s Prohibition on Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Suits

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

In response to the #MeToo movement, a number of states have adopted legislation addressing sexual harassment claims. These include Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Washington. Some of these state statutes attempt to ban or restrict arbitration for...

ACLU sues state police, alleging they’re acting as immigration authorities

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

ONCA Reaffirms Importance of Presumptive Standards in Reasonable Notice Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

In a recent decision, released June 19, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed a 2018 decision in which the Superior Court of Justice awarded a reasonable notice period of 30 months. In Dawe v. The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada, the...

New York’s SHIELD Act Heads to the Governor’s Desk

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

The New York State Senate recently passed The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, or SHIELD Act, leaving only the Governor’s signature as the final step to the SHIELD Act becoming the country’s newest—and one of the most...

Blog: After Nearly a Decade of Uncertainty, Gainful Employment Rule Is Gone

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

On July 1, the US Department of Education released a final rule that rescinds the entirety of the Obama-era Gainful Employment (GE) Rule. While the technical effective date of the rescission of the GE rule is July 1, 2020, Secretary Betsy DeVos, in...

NLRB Makes It Easier To Oust A Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

Did you know that when a private sector employer has evidence that a union has lost support from a majority of its bargaining unit members, the employer can refuse to recognize the union as their bargaining representative? In 2001, the National Labor...

Qui Tam Quarterly: The Department of Justice False Claims Act Policy Issue

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

In this second installment of Qui Tam Quarterly, K&L Gates breaks down two policy statements by the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), providing an analysis of both (1) the 2018 "Granston Memo" and related case law; as well as (2) the recent policy...

Trump’s blocking of Twitter critics violates First Amendment, 2nd Circuit rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

Avoiding the Tennessee Retainage Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/07/19

In Vic Davis Construction, Inc. v. Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc., the Tennessee Court of Appeals approved a contractor’s use of closeout costs to “holdback” 5% of the contract price without complying with the retainage requirements of the...

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