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The Expanding Scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

In 1975, President Gerald Ford, by Executive Order, created an interagency committee, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (“CFIUS”), to review national security implications of investments by foreigners in U.S. businesses. CFIUS...

Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance Provisions: U.S. Department of Agriculture Interim Rule/Revisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

On Friday December 7, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published in the Federal Register an interim rule for the Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Compliance regulations of the Food Security Act of...

The SEC Expands Its Enforcement Efforts to Include Cryptocurrency Exchanges

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

In an enforcement action filed on November 8, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered that 31-year-old Zachary Coburn, founder of the EtherDelta cryptocurrency exchange, cease and desist from operating the trading platform. The...

Financial Regulatory Observer - December 2018: Europe's expanding AML remit

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

Anti-money laundering policy and regulation continue to evolve in the European Union, but the reality of central federal authority remains some way off. The European Commission has proposed new initiatives to further harmonise anti-money laundering...

Washington State Issues Trust Account Guidance for Mortgage Brokers Under the MBPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

The Washington Department of Financial Institutions Division of Consumer Services (DFI) has issued interim regulatory guidance on the use of trust accounts by mortgage brokers....
By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

Keep it Simple, Stupid

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

When it comes to drafting plan documents, I always say K.I.S.S.: keep it simple, stupid....
By: Ary Rosenbaum

EPA Proposes New Source Performance Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the controversial “Clean Power Plan,” which was immediately the subject of a legal challenge and was subsequently stayed by the United States Supreme Court. Following the 2016 election, the...

Union Not Entitled to Information About How Employer Spends Money From Tax Cut, NLRB General Counsel Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

In prior posts, we have discussed how information requests made in the context of a bargaining relationship can be vexing. The standard of the employer’s obligation to provide information can be a moving target, depending on the make-up of the NLRB....

Second Circuit Affirms Insider Trading Conviction And Vacates Restitution Order Of Sports Gambler Billy Walters

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

On December 4, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the insider trading conviction, judgment, and order of forfeiture of professional sports gambler Billy Walters, while simultaneously vacating and remanding the...

Upcoming Criminal Code Changes + Its Effects on Entering Canada

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/12/18

On December 18, 2018, Canada will begin imposing tough new penalties on those who drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including cannabis, or commit cannabis-related crimes....
By: Field Law

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