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Oktober and the Law – Starting Your Own Brewery?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

As we approach the most wonderful time of the year – Oktober – I decided that if now isn’t the perfect time to write an ode to beer, then I don’t know when the right time is. It’s no secret to those who know me that I am a lover of beer. I loved...

Hotel/Motel Employers: California Requires Human Trafficking Awareness Training

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

Senate Bill 970 was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown and applies exclusively to all hotels and motels with employees in California....
By: Lewitt Hackman

Frequent TSCA Questions: Chemical Processor Reporting

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

The 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) required EPA to designate chemical substances on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory as either “active” or “inactive” in U.S. commerce. To accomplish that, EPA established a...

FDA Approves First Generic Epinephrine Autoinjectors

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

The United States Food and Drug Administration recently announced approval for Teva Pharmaceuticals to market generic epinephrine autoinjectors. According to the press release, Teva’s autoinjectors are the first generic versions of Mylan’s EpiPen®...

CMS Proposes Revisions to Hospice and Home Health Conditions of Participation

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule — Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction — to revise several conditions of...

Governor Brown Signs Several Pieces Of #MeToo Legislation Into Law, But Vetoes Others

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

On September 30, 2018, for the final time during his tenure as Governor, Governor Jerry Brown acted on a series of bills passed by the legislature that would have far-reaching consequences for employers. Though employers can breathe a sigh of relief...

Key Regulatory Developments in Poland - September 2018

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

We present you with a selection of key regulatory developments in Poland....
By: Dentons

Having Your Cake And Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules That Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that former employees need not return severance pay before filing a lawsuit against an employer, when the employee alleges the severance agreement should...

Data Breach Notification Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

Although Congress has attempted to agree on federal data breach notification legislation, there is no national data breach notification law that applies to most companies. Instead, 48 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the...

Does Governor Brown's Signing Message Have Any Legal Effect?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/18

In 1968, Richard Nixon campaigned for president claiming to have a secret plan to end the war in Vietnam. With the war still continuing in 1971, Congress included in the Military Procurement Authorization Act the "Mansfield Amendment" urging...

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