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Regulators Prepare for Innovation in Distributed Ledger Technology

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Regulators across the globe are considering how existing regulations may accommodate the development of new distributed ledger technologies (“DLT”) (also known as “blockchain”). In just the first two months of 2017, the U.S. Financial Industry...

eDiscovery Proportionality Review: Three Key Themes

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Substantial changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) went into effect on December 1, 2015. The upshot of these amendments was to change several important procedural aspects of the FRCP governing eDiscovery (the process of finding and...

ABA Center for Innovation will hold design event to create app for hate crime victims

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Stop hate crime

Texas Wants to Make Cyberbullying a Crime

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

It seems that children have always bullied other children, despite the best intentions of teachers and state anti-bullying laws. And now that many children have taken their social lives online, they've taken their bullying there as well.

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask:...

US Securities and Exchange Commission Extends Interim Final Rules Granting Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the expiration dates in its interim final rules that provided exemptions for certain securities-based swaps......
By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Oregon DEQ Pilot Program to Review Long-term Controls at Cleanup Sites

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

This March the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) is launching a pilot program to take a fresh look at long-term institutional and engineering controls implemented at cleanup sites that have received No Further Action (“NFA”)...

2017 HIMSS Conference Insights

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Members of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Healthcare Information Technology team attended the 2017 HIMSS Conference February 19-23 in Orlando, FL. Hundreds of innovative companies and 40,000+ technology professionals took part in a week of networking...

Estate Tax Changes Past, Present and Future

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

I. INTRODUCTION - This outline is a selective and evolving review of the history of the modern federal estate tax. It originated during the attempts to repeal the estate tax in President Clinton’s second term and accelerated with the one-year...

Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. v. Galveston Central Appraisal District: A Strategic Opportunity?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

The Texas Supreme Court recently handed an owner of a Texas oil refinery a significant victory in Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. v. Galveston Central Appraisal District, No. 15-0492, 2017 WL 727276 (Tex. Feb. 24, 2017). In a suit relating to the 2011...

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