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Film Room: House hearing update

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

In this week’s Film Room, we cut through the noise and draw your attention to key takeaways from the House hearing, including a preview of what’s next. We also bring you up to speed on an important update in the Schroeder (Title IX) case....

Tariff Tsunami: Understanding the President’s Trade Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

On April 2, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO 14257), Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits.

[Audio] The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

In this episode of the Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis, co-leader of Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services Regulatory practice, delves into the current state of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) models in underwriting and fraud detection.

Complying With the ADA When Managing Employees With Alcoholism

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

Employers sometimes encounter intoxicated employees at work, but there are some compliance challenges under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when managing employees with alcoholism....

New Jersey Supreme Court Affirms DEP’s Discretion to Rescind Remediation In Progress Waivers, Underscoring Environmental Transaction Risks

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

In a unanimous decision issued on April 7, 2025 in In re Appeal of the N.J.

A Patent Without a Pulse: Provisional Rights Don’t Outlive the Patent

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from a patent applicant seeking provisional rights on a patent that would issue only after it had already expired, finding that the applicant lacked the necessary exclusionary rights to support a claim for provisional rights.

AI Therapy

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

I have mixed feelings about the AI takeover, but here is a positive. In this field test, the AI therapist was ‘on call’ at all times, so that insomniacs could get therapy in the middle of the night....

The On-Ramp: An Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility Newsletter - April 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable’s Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team.

‘There is no question that we will fight,’ says latest law firm targeted in Trump executive order

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

Clean Water Act: The End of “End-Result” Permitting

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/04/25

The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent Clean Water Act decision in City of San Francisco v.

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