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Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap - January 2017 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

National News and Reports - Governors Voice Support for Maintaining the Medicaid Expansion - Democratic Governors, joined by some of their Republican colleagues, are actively making the case to Congress for maintaining Medicaid expansion. In...

115th Congress Hits the Ground Running on Tax, Financial Services Reform

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

While health reform and a Supreme Court nomination may dominate the news cycle in the early days of the Trump administration, tax reform is already taking shape behind the scenes. With committee staff digging into the specifics of reform legislation,...

Additional State Agencies Jump on the ESB Bandwagon

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

NMLS recently announced that twelve additional state agencies (with 44 license types) would jump on the Electronic Surety Bond (ESB) bandwagon as of January 23, 2017. These additions bring the total number of agencies using ESB within NMLS to 21...

Carbon Matters - Autumn/Winter 2016/2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

The Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Morocco against a backdrop of optimism and international agreement to move forward towards a low carbon economy – a signi cant shift from previous conferences where differences of...

11 Rules of the Road for Advancing Your Cause in the New D.C. Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

1. Listen carefully to Trump’s message — power back to the people, job growth, and questioning the status quo — and wrap your message in those contexts. 2. Understand relevant processes and what has to happen procedurally......

Sustainable Development Update - January 2017 #4

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

Sustainable Development Focus - Trump White House hits pause on Obama efficiency standards - Utility Dive - Jan 23 - The Obama administration issued several new efficiency regulations in late December, non-partisan efforts that still...

Competition News - January 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

New decisions in France with regard to compensating the prejudice suffered by victims of anti-competitive practices - Any person who claims to be the victim of anti-competitive practices and wishes to seek compensation for the prejudice they...

3D Printing Quarterly Report - Q4 2016

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

Developments in 3D Printing: A Sector by Sector Overview - This report explores recent developments across a number of sectors as it relates to 3D printing and its impact on each sector. We’ve limited our scan to the last three months to...

China Data Protection Update (January 2017)

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

In the rapidly evolving environment of data protection compliance in the People's Republic of China, this month has seen some helpful clarification around two areas of uncertainty - namely: but unfortunately, in both regards significant uncertainties...

First Circuit Holds That, for Original Source Exception to the False Claims Act’s Public Disclosure Bar to Apply, Information Supplied Must Be “Significant” or “Essential”

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/17

On June 30, 2016, the First Circuit addressed the kinds of information that a relator must provide to qualify as an original source to avoid dismissal under the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) public disclosure bar. In United States ex rel. Winkelman v....

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