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Annex IV Reporting - AIFMD Reporting Changes

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Currently a non European Economic Area (EEA) Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) which markets a non-EEA feeder fund in the UK only has to report article 24(2) data (which forms part of the Annex IV reporting information) in respect of the...

Manatt on Medicaid: Monthly Expansion Recap - March 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Arizona - Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Medicaid Expansion Lawsuit - A three-judge State Appeals Court panel heard an appeal of the Maricopa County Superior Court's decision that Arizona's Medicaid expansion plan was passed legally,...

Trio of Bills Would Impose Human Trafficking Obligations on Lodging Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

A trio of bills introduced recently in the California Legislature seek to involve the lodging industry in efforts to combat human trafficking. Assembly Bill 260 by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) would amend current law that...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting: What You Need to Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Summary - McDermott’s “Key Employment Law Events in 2017 and Beyond” update highlighted the upcoming regulations requiring certain employers to report on the gender pay gap in their workforce (Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information)...

Right-To-Work Laws Continue to Gain Momentum at Federal, State, and Local Levels

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

For nearly fifty years, the debate over “right-to-work” laws had largely been considered settled. The concept was popular in the south, where a number of states have had right-to-work-laws on the books since before the 1960’s, but had gained little...

New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Take Effect | Publications

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

PDF Version New cybersecurity-related regulations issued by New York state regulators took effect March 1, 2017. The rules, which directly impact all entities regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (such as insurers, mortgage...

New Survey Says 75 Percent of Respondents Unfamiliar with China’s New Cybersecurity Law: eDiscovery Trends

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Are you familiar with it? According to a survey conducted by Consilio and released earlier this week, 75 percent of legal technology professionals responding to the survey indicated that they are not familiar with China’s new Cybersecurity Law,...

An Intelligent Treatment of “Mass Actions” in Pennsylvania

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

It is has been a rough few weeks for forum-shopping litigation tourists. We wrote the other day on the Missouri Supreme Court’s landmark opinion in State ex rel. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Dolan, which held that Missouri’s courts do not have...

5 tips for environmental due diligence in business transactions

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Virtually all business transactions involve some level of environmental risk. The key is to identify all of the potential risks and collect sufficient information about them early in the due diligence period of a transaction. This proactive approach...

Employee Participation in Social Movements: What's an Employer to Do?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

International Women's Day takes place every year on March 8, with the stated goal of raising awareness about women's issues. This year, however, purports to be a bit different, with a call from the Women's March on Washington for a general strike,...

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