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CFTC Brings Significant Enforcement Action Against Online Cryptocurrency Exchange

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The action reflects the CFTC’s expanded jurisdiction and provides further clarity on what constitutes “actual delivery” in cryptocurrency trading. On June 2, 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order (the Bitfinex...

European Commission Adopts Regulatory Technical Standards on the Direct, Substantial, and Foreseeable Effect of Derivative Contracts within the European Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation. Under MiFIR, a new trading obligation is introduced for shares and other sufficiently liquid instruments......

Mine Agency Focuses Attention on Workplace Exams, Diesel Exhaust Exposure

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has rolled out two initiatives: a proposed rule increasing requirements for workplace examinations that, MSHA says, is aimed at curbing injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among Metal/Non-Metal (M/NM) miners,...

The European Patent Office introduces a “go-faster” opposition process

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that from 1 July 2016, post-grant oppositions will be reformed so that they become significantly faster and more efficient. The effect of these changes is that in straightforward cases, the decision in a...

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues New Guidance on Women’s Rights in the Workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

On June 14, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) participated in the White House United State of Women Summit. Coinciding with the Summit, the EEOC issued three resource documents that address women’s rights in the...

European Securities and Markets Annual Report 2015

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The European Securities and Markets Authority published its 2015 annual report. The report reviews ESMA’s mission and objectives for 2015 and measures its achievements against its 2015 objectives......

The Government's consultation on pension increases in the British Steel Pension Scheme

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The DWP's consultation on changing the law to allow pensions increases to be reduced to the statutory minimum in the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) ends on 23 June. It is likely that one of the proposals in the consultation will be adopted,...

New OSHA Whistleblower ‘Shaming’ Program Draws Fire

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a pilot program in the Midwest region to shame employers who allegedly violate their employees’ whistleblower rights egregiously, but a critic contends the initiative may violate a...

Residential Planned Communities and Condominiums: Changing the Rules After the Game has Begun

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

As Americans, it is in our nature to always look for ways to improve anything and everything affecting our lives, including the cars we buy, the food we eat, and yes, even the organizations to which we belong. It's no wonder then that so many...

Recovery of Real Property in South Carolina After a Tax Sale

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/06/16

Acme Bank has a problem. Acme loaned $480,000 for the purchase of a beach house on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, securing the debt with a recorded mortgage. Six months ago, the bank received a letter from the county tax collector, which...

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