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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,...

How Drug Abuse Can Affect Divorce

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Drug abuse is often cited as a reason for couples to divorce. Not only does the person dealing with a substance or drug abuse problem suffer, it is likely that their spouse also suffers from indirect consequences. The consequences can be even worse if there are children.

US Army Corps of Engineers Updates Five-Year Nationwide Permits – USACE Generally Declines to Apply More Rigorous Limits, but “Clarifies” Use of NWPs on Tribal Lands

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

On January 6, 2017, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reissued 52 nationwide permits (NWPs) and issued two new NWPs, along with general conditions and definitions. NWPs are a type of general permit authorized under Section 404(e) of the Clean...

Financial Services Weekly News - March 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Editor's Note - In This Issue. The New York Department of Financial Services issued its highly anticipated cybersecurity regulation in its final form, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued updated guidance regarding robo-advisers and...

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