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Former House Speaker Hastert seeks repayment of hush money

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

Dennis Hastert

Facebook Defeats New Jersey TCCWNA Claim Based on its California Choice-of-Law Provision

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

Facebook, Inc. recently dodged a putative class action alleging that it violated New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”) when a California federal court dismissed a New Jersey resident’s class action complaint...

Annual Reporting Requirements for Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

Annual Information Statements and IRS Returns - Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option ("ISO") during 2016 or (2) transfer during 2016 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock...

When It Comes to Documentation, Smart Companies Behave Like Every Day Is Audit Day

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

Audits are part of nearly every ethics and compliance program. They come from the Internal Audit Department, outside auditors testing control systems and processes, and in some cases, government regulators evaluating the effectiveness of your program...

VW's $4.3BN Plea to Obstruction for Botched Litigation Hold

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

One of three counts in Volkswagen’s recent $4.3 billion guilty-plea was for obstruction of justice arising from a litigation-hold botched by house counsel. As VW prepared to admit the defeat-device problems to US regulators, VW Group of America...

USCIS Finalizes International Entrepreneur Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

On January 17, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finalized the International Entrepreneur Rule. This rule was proposed last summer by the Obama Administration, after Congress failed to pass any meaningful immigration reform....

2016 half-year in review: M&A legal developments

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance on their implications....

Obama Administration Issues a Fintech Policy Whitepaper

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

On January 13, 2017, the National Economic Council published a whitepaper that articulates the Obama Administration’s perspective on and vision for FinTech. The whitepaper builds upon the June 2016 White House FinTech Summit, where Cabinet...

SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Sets Top Examination Priorities for 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

Action Item: On January 12, 2017, SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) revealed where it plans to focus its attention throughout this year. By broadening its scope, OCIE will address a wide array of issues across various...

State Aid: What we now know

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

This week, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, set out the UK Government's long-awaited position on what the UK out of the EU should look like. The announcement of what is generally thought of as a "hard Brexit" negotiating position was combined with...

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