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An Employer’s New Year Resolution: Pay Attention To Pay Equity In 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

We are not yet through the first month of the New Year, but pay equity lawsuits have already dealt a one-two punch to employers: “one” being a million-dollar settlement between a legal and business research company and its employees, and “two” taking...

SEC Expands to Retail Customer Debt Transactions Disclosure of Broker-Dealer Mark-Ups and Mark-Downs

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

Currently, U.S. broker-dealers are not required to disclose their compensation in respect of fixed-income transactions effected as principal. In November 2016, the SEC approved a rule proposal of the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or...

OMB Issues Guidelines for Preparing for and Responding to PII Breaches

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

On January 3, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-17-12, which clarifies how federal agencies should prepare for and respond to data security breaches involving personally identifiable information (PII). Memorandum M-17-12...

It Is Not All In The Family

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

Although a precedential decision allowing a “Family of Marks” to be considered in the context of an ex parte prosecution of an application that has been refused under Section 2(e)(1) to show acquired distinctiveness, this ruling could not help Little...

Reporting on payment practices and performance

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

New rules requiring large companies and large limited liability partnerships to publish information about their payment practices and performance are likely to come into force in April 2017....
By: Dentons

Now, We Have a Privacy Shield with the Swiss Too: eDiscovery Trends

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

This appears to be our week to cover privacy stories on the blog. First, The Sedona Conference® (TSC) released the public comment version of its new Data Privacy Primer (which we covered on Tuesday). Also, last week, U.S. and Swiss authorities...

Energy Newsletter - January 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

LNG in Europe 2016/2017: An Overview of LNG Import Terminals in Europe - The increase in the supply of LNG to Europe in 2015 and the first half of 2016 was led by the UK and Italy, with other significant increases in Spain and Belgium. Greece,...

DOL Updates Guidance on Proxy Voting by Plan Fiduciaries

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

On December 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) released Interpretive Bulletin 2016-1 (“IB 2016-1”) relating to the voting of proxies on securities held in employee benefit plans. IB 2016-1 withdraws the current Interpretive Bulletin...

New Year - New Insurance Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

In an earthquake related judgment issued in late December 2016, the High Court (Court) found a mutual duty of good faith applied to parties to an insurance contract, including during the claims handling process. A breach of that duty may result in an...

Copyrighting a Dream

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/17

This week we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King’s mission was to teach our nation the value of tolerance and mutual respect regardless of each person’s differences. These lessons still ring true today as they did...

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