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June 30 Deadline Looms For Foreign Lending Institutions

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

California Corporations Code Section 191(d) provides that a “foreign lending institution” will not be considered to be “doing, transacting or engaging in business” in California solely by reason of engaging in specified categories of activities....

[Video] Why does my spouse have an interest in my separate business?

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

Phoenix business law firm Jaburg Wilk Family Law attorney Laurence B. Hirsch discusses why a spouse may have an interest in the other spouse's separate business and property. For more information contact www.jaburgwilk.com....

NAACP seeks US probe of McKinney police after pool party response

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

Updated: The NAACP is asking the U.S. Justice Department to review procedures used by the McKinney, Texas, police force as a result of an officer’s…

Don't Give Your Employees The Mark Of The Beast

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

Here’s some advice you probably didn’t think you needed, employers: you should avoid, at all costs, giving or threatening to give your employees the biblical Mark of the Beast. And if they think you are doing so, you should accommodate them if...

Substantial Amendments to the Condominium Act will impact Condominium Developers and Corporations

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

The Province of Ontario recently introduced Bill 106, Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015, to amend the Condominium Act, 1998, largely in response to the immense growth and change in the condominium sector in Ontario in recent years. Bill 106...

U.S. Senators Introduce Bill To Create Nationwide “Made In USA” Labeling Standard

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

On June 4, 2015, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Angus King (I-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2015 (Senate Bill 1518). This bill seeks to clarify that the U.S. Government’s “Made...

Disparate Whatever

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

The House has approved an amendment aimed at barring the Department of Justice (DOJ) from enforcing the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s (HUD) fair lending disparate impact rule. The amendment is to H.R. 2578, the Fiscal Year 2016...

Energy & Environment Update - June 2015 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

In This Issue: - Energy and Climate Debate - Congress - Administration - Department of Commerce - Department of Energy - Department of Interior - Environmental Protection Agency - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -...

North Carolina Legislative Report

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

The General Assembly convened for the 2015 legislative session on January 14. Lawmakers returned to Raleigh on January 28 to begin the session in earnest. The MVA Public Affairs Legislative Report on North Carolina will be distributed on a weekly...

Proposed Labor Violation Reporting Rules Target Government Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/06/15

Proposal makes agency allegations of employment law violations reportable events that could result in denial of federal contracts or termination of existing contracts. Executive Order 13673 (the Order), signed by US President Barack Obama in July...

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