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ICPHSO 2025: Reese’s Law and Corded Blinds

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

This third installment in our series highlights the focus on children’s product safety at the 2025 International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) symposium.

Auditor Releases “Snapshot” of IRS Workforce Revealing Devastating Extent of Initial Job Cuts

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

The Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has released a report showing how the Internal Revenue Service has been dramatically impacted by government-wide efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

Registration Requirements for Canadians

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

As of April 11, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will enforce provisions requiring that all non-U.S. citizens over age 14 register with the Service if they remain in the U.S. for at least 30 days, unless they meet one of the specified exemptions....

Revising Missile Controls Is Necessary to Help Allies and Prevent New Nuclear States

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance “the President’s goals of strengthening allied defense capabilities, bolstering the U.S.

Proposed Legislation Would Transform Solar Adoption and Use for Businesses and Homeowners Across California

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

A bill recently introduced in the California Assembly presents potentially significant impacts to residential, commercial, and industrial solar system owners who filed interconnection applications before April 15, 2023, known as eligible customer generators under the Net Energy Metering (NEM).

DOL reinstates Trump’s standard on independent contractors under FLSA

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

In recent years, the U.S. Department of Labor has regulated who is an independent contractor and who is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The substance of the regulations has whipsawed based on who was in the White House at the time....

TCPA Claim Defense Bites The Dust

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

A notable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has significant ramifications for companies defending against Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claims. Below, we discuss the Court’s decision and its implications for future TCPA claims....

CPPA Announces New CCPA Enforcement Action

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Keypoint: In its second non-data broker enforcement action for violations of the CCPA, the California Privacy Protection Agency entered into a stipulated final order with a retailer for a $345,178 administrative fine and other remedial measures.

Missouri Supreme Court Upholds State’s Paid Sick Leave Law (Proposition A)

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

The ongoing battle over Missouri’s paid sick time law and significant increase in minimum wage, known as Proposition A, continues. On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding Proposition A in the case of Raymond McCarty, et al. v.

Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, May 5, 2025

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25

Gov. Shapiro Fights to Restore Funding for PA Farmers, Food Banks - Governor Josh Shapiro (D) is challenging the Trump administration’s cancellation of a program that funds Pennsylvania farmers supplying food banks, arguing that the federal government must honor its contract.

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