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Senate Confirms Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

On March 1, 2017, the Senate confirmed Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as Secretary of the Interior in a 68-31 bipartisan vote. He was sworn into the Cabinet later that day by Vice President Mike Pence. Zinke was able to attract 16 Democratic votes, with...

Your Employee is Leaving…. How Do You Safeguard Your Company’s IP?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

It is a fact: employees leave. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average worker currently holds ten different jobs before age forty. Because employee transitions are inevitable, businesses must prepare to secure their data when an...

South Carolina Boeing Workers Vote Against Unionization

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

South Carolina has the lowest percentage of any unionized workforce in the U.S. On February 15, mechanics at Boeing’s Charleston facility overwhelmingly rejected an attempt by the International Association of Machines and Aerospace Workers to...

NAFCU urges regulatory relief for credit unions in letter to Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

On February 28, 2017, B. Dan Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (the “NAFCU“), urged regulatory relief for credit unions in a letter submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury,...

Rural Electric Cooperatives Receive Dismissals in Class Action Capital Credit Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Two recent dismissal orders – filed within days of each other – signal positive news to rural electric cooperatives defending actions brought by former or current members regarding the distribution of patronage capital and excess revenues....

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

CFTC Indicates Willingness to Help Incubate Fintech - On February 21, 2017, J. Christopher Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), has diverged from other U.S. federal regulators, signaling he...

Executive Order Signals Federal Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Will Be Narrowed

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

In the latest chapter of the seemingly never-ending controversy over the Clean Water Act’s reach, on February 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers...

Quit (Illicit) Smoking – new proposals will affect landlords

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Landlords could potentially find themselves hit with new lease requirements, periodic checking obligations and even financial penalties following the publication of the ‘Sanctions to tackle tobacco duty evasion and other excise duty evasion’...

Alert: Destruction of Evidence During Antitrust Investigation Leads to Stiff Sentence

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

The DOJ's investigation into price fixing and bid rigging in the automotive parts industry has yielded another conviction, but not one for violation of the antitrust laws. Instead, a company executive recently pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice...

Upon Further Review: Supreme Court Weighs Deference Due District Courts in EEOC Subpoena Proceedings

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

In a recent oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices considered a narrow procedural issue that could have broader implications for the subpoena power of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). At issue in McLane...

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