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It’s Official - Exhibit Hyperlinks are Here (Almost)

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Last August, the SEC proposed rule amendments that would require companies to include a hyperlink to each exhibit listed in the exhibit index of a registration statement, periodic report or current report. At the time, I wrote that “these amendments...

Return Flight: Trump Issues Second Executive Order On Travel Ban

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In a second attempt to pass legal muster, President Trump signed another controversial executive order today altering the initial travel ban blocked by the federal courts. The executive order, effective March 16, 2017, creates a 90-day freeze on all...

FERC Issues Updated Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation Under the Natural Gas Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an update to its Guidance Manual for Environmental Report Preparation for Applications Filed Under the Natural Gas Act. The updated guidance follows a Notice of Availability of the...

Senators Send Letter To Pruitt On Volatility Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On February 17, 2017, several Republican Senators sent a letter to Scott Pruitt, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, to confirm their willingness to work with Pruitt to grow the nation’s economy and support American jobs and...

President Trump Announces Health Care Priorities: Repeal/Replace of Obamacare; Tort Reform on Agenda

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On February 27, 2017, President Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress, outlining key points of his administration’s agenda. In his speech, the President reiterated his desire to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act...

A Month (or Two) of Madness for the Insurance Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

As basketball fans (and casual observers alike) across the country prepare to fill out their brackets, the insurance industry is counting down to some key dates that will impact federal policy making. Here are important issues and dates to watch over...

US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Issues Revised Comptroller’s Licensing Manual Booklet

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The OCC issued a revised version of the “Changes in Directors and Senior Executive Officers” booklet of the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual......
By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Insurance Coverage – Exclusion for Vehicles “Normally Made Available”

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Purchasing optional liability coverage for employees’ foreseeable personal use of company vehicles can prevent your employees from being financially at risk. Javier Medina v. Geico Indemnity Company...

Breaking News: USCIS will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing of H-1B Petitions

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In an effort to reduce the growing backlog of pending H-1B petitions, including those H-1B extensions nearing the 240 day limit when continued work authorization would end, USCIS announced today that it would temporarily suspend the use of premium...

Georgia Weekly Legislative Update - March 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Georgia General Assembly will turn the page this evening on one of the session’s most frenzied legislative weeks, sprinting to the Crossover hard stop by which all non-budgetary bills must have cleared at least one chamber to gain final passage...

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