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Puerto Rico Department Of Labor Issues First Comprehensive Guidelines On Employment Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

On May 8, 2019, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (hereinafter, “PR-DOL”) issued the first edition of the “Guidelines for the Interpretation of Puerto Rico’s Employment Legislation” (hereinafter, the “Guidelines”) in an effort to...

FDLI Conference On Drug, Biologics, And Biosimilars Law And Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

From July 23-24, 2019, the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) will be hosting the Introduction to Drug, Biologics, and Biosimilars Law and Regulation conference in Boston, MA....
By: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

High-End Job Recruitment Site Exposes At least 13.7 Million Users With Unprotected Server

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

A security lapse has exposed the data of at least 13.7 million user records of the high-end job recruitment site, Ladders. The company left a cloud-hosted search database exposed without a password. Ladders took the database offline less than an hour...

APHIS Announces Launch Of eFile This June

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

On May 8, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) announced the pilot launch of its new online permitting system: APHIS eFile. Launching on July...

"Moms In The Workplace" Quiz!

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

And dads get to play, too. After all, we wouldn't be moms without you! ;-) Happy Mother's Day weekend! How much do you know about moms in the workplace? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear at the end of each question, so you...

DOE EERE Announces Funding For SBIR And STTR Phase II Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

On May 2, 2019, DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced funding of approximately $11 million for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research projects....

Tennessee Amends Anti-Bullying Immunity Act to Apply to Private Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

On April 23, 2019, Governor Bill Lee signed into law an expansion of the 2014 Healthy Workplace Act, which now offers protection to private employers from some legal claims arising from workplace bullying....

The Energizer – Volume 44

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector....
By: K&L Gates LLP

Third party rights: identification of third party

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

A letter of instruction (LoI) between a bank and its client, which envisaged a segregated bank account for the receipt and protection of third party payments, conferred rights on the third parties under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act...

Prosecutors drop case against BigLaw partner accused of leaving scene of boat crash

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/19

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