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Experts say Justice Department manipulated statistics on foreign-born terrorists

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Changes to Lifeline in 2018

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Although the future of the Lifeline program is in doubt, business must go on. ETCs should familiarize themselves with two key administrative changes taking place in 2018. The FCC issued a Public Notice last week reminding ETCs that the new “Lifeline...

Capitol Hill Healthcare Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

House Republicans will gather tonight for a GOP-only meeting to plot strategy on passing a stopgap budget bill, but a breakdown among key senators on separate immigration legislation has elevated the risk of a government shutdown at week’s end....

#MeToo Movement Sparks State Legislation Attempting to Eliminate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Employers and employees alike may see big changes in the upcoming year regarding state laws dealing with sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. Following the allegations against former film producer Harvey Weinstein and the rise of the...

FDA Releases 2018 Roadmap: Focus On Digital Health Continues

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Last week, FDA released a document outlining its policy priorities for the coming year. “Healthy Innovation, Safer Families: FDA’s 2018 Strategic Roadmap” addresses continued focus on digital health, among other priorities, as one way that the agency...

DACA Injunction: Renewals Continue For Now

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

On January 9, 2018, U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California granted an injunction that resulted in provisional relief for current DACA recipients by allowing them to renew their DACA benefits which include employment...

Fourth District Rejects CEQA Challenge To MND For Small Rural High School Project Based On Challenger’s Failure To Exhaust Available Administrative Appeal And On Merits

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

In a lengthy opinion filed December 20, 2017, and belatedly ordered published on January 8, 2018, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1, affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying a writ petition asserting CEQA and land use law challenges...

Buying in Wales? Why a Speedy Completion Should Be Top of Your Priorities

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Those of you involved in the acquisition of properties in Wales over the next couple of months should take note – if the value is over £1,000,000 for non-residential properties (or for non-residential leases, a net present value of over £2,000,000)...

Bryan Garner reflects on his friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia in ‘Nino and Me’ (podcast)

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

USCIS Resumes Processing of DACA Renewal Applications Following Federal Court Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/01/18

Due to a federal court order, on January 13, 2018 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Until...

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