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SEC Adopts Mandatory Exhibit Hyperlinks and HTML Format Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted final rules that will require companies to include active hyperlinks to exhibits in most registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933 and most reports filed under the Securities...

Renewable Energy Update - March 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Renewable Energy Focus - Solar generation hits new record high on California ISO grid - Solar Industry Magazine - Feb 28 - On Feb. 24, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) reported a new all-time solar generation peak of...

Chadbourne gave bonuses to 44% of male and only 28% of female partners in 2015, says equal pay suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Inequality

To Go Boldly Beyond the Arbitration Agreement

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The English Commercial Court (the Court) has ruled that it does not have the power to make an order for preservation and disclosure of evidence against a non-party to an arbitration agreement. Accordingly, it cannot grant permission to serve...

Reading the (Bathroom) Signs

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Under prior law, single-user restrooms were permitted to be designated as either for men only, for women only or for all genders. That is about to change....
By: Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Fiduciary Rule—Not Delayed Yet

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

60-day delay proposed, comments requested on president’s study. The US Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed to delay the applicability date of the fiduciary rule (and related prohibited transaction exemptions) by 60 days and has also requested...

New York Department of Financial Services Implements New “First-in-the-Nation” Cybersecurity Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

As of March 1, 2017, New York financial institutions subject to the oversight of the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) are required to comply with a new cybersecurity regulatory scheme. Compliance deadlines for certain measures are...

The Unwelcome Guest at the Class Settlement Table: Serial Objectors

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Finally, the end is in sight. After motions to dismiss, discovery, hearings, a highly contested motion for class certification and mediation, the parties have reached a class settlement. The parties are relieved to end the uncertainty and burdens of...

White House “Regulatory Freeze” Delays Implementation of Bundled Payment Models

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In the February 17, 2017 Federal Register, CMS announced that it will delay implementation of several bundled payment initiatives until March 21, 2017. The Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs), Cardiac Rehabilitation...

Article III Injury-in-Fact Required to Appeal PTAB Final Written Decision in IPR

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Addressing the legal standard for demonstrating standing in an appeal from a final agency decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that petitioners must have Article III standing to appeal a Patent Trial and Appeal Board...

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