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Retirement is a Stage of Life, and Not the End-Stage

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

There is so much being written about retirement these days, in large part because of the bulge of baby boomers now reaching and past retirement. My experience has been that many people fear retirement, because they think it's the end of their useful...

Oregon OSHA Proposes Changes to Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In response to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s adoption of revised walking-working surfaces standards, Oregon OSHA has proposed to adopt the federal OSHA final rules with a few exceptions......

USPTO Adds New Features to PatentsView Tool

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the addition of several new features to its patent data visualization and analysis tool, PatentsView, which allows the public to interactively engage, through a web-based platform, with a...

Competing House and Senate bills aim to eliminate or reform the CFPB

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Although the Trump Administration has largely been silent with respect to Dodd-Frank and the future of the CFPB, some members of Congress have been very active in proposing significant legislative changes. Several measures to reform the agency are...

GOP campaigning to strip patients of key legal protections

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

We all know how con artists work the streets. One might bump into you in a train or in a crosswalk, while the other grabs your wallet. Or one might smile and chat with a mom at a playground, while her partner nabs the purse....

A Deep Dive into Privacy/Security Disclosures in Snap’s S-1

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Last week, Snap Inc. (“Snap” or the “Company”) – the parent company of the wildly popular app Snapchat (“Snapchat” or the “App”) – became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in the biggest tech IPO since Alibaba in 2014. Priced...

New York State Department of Financial Services Finalizes Cybersecurity Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The New York State Department of Financial Services issued its final cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies. The final regulation, which takes effect March 1, 2017, requires banks, insurance companies, and other financial services...

SEC Speaks 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Commission staff highlight key developments and successes in the SEC enforcement program. As they do every year, senior officials from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission), including current and former commissioners,...

Banking and Finance. Major Russian Legislation Changes for 2016

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

We would like to present the overview of the most important legislation changes in customs for 2016. The year 2016 saw a host of legislative changes with clear and immediate implications for the finance market. Russian legislators targeted a wide...

Alert: New Handbook for Employers (M-274) is available

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On February 28, 2017, USCIS published a new Handbook for Employers (“Handbook”) to accompany its updated version of the Form I-9, dated 11/14/2016 N. The new Handbook is a useful resource for employers because it addresses an employer’s I-9...

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