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Federal Regulations Trump California’s Meal and Rest Break Rules For Short Haul Drivers Too

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

Employers in the trucking industry have repeatedly tried to challenge the applicability of California’s stringent meal and rest break laws to their workers, in light of the practical difficulties of complying with those rules and its conflict with contrary federal regulations.  ...

Legal AI Series [Chapter One]: The Guide to AI and the Legal Revolution

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

The past two centuries have seen some of the most dramatic technological leaps in the history of humankind. Steam engines that connect continents. Personalized vehicles. The typewriter. Metal birds that can fly.

FTC Issues Penalty Offenses Concerning Money Making Opportunities to Hundreds of Franchise Companies

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has kept itself busy as of late, issuing a series of notices to over 1,000 businesses (many of them franchise companies) advising them that they could face civil penalties for conduct that the FTC has deemed unlawful.

SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Change Allowing Direct Listings with a Capital Raise (Update)

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

[Editor's Note (1/25/22): This article includes an update regarding the amended rule proposal Nasdaq filed with the SEC in January 2022.] [Editor's Note (6/1/21): This article includes an update regarding a proposed rule change by Nasdaq to its recently approved rules on Direct Listings with a

OSHA Hints at Permanent COVID-19 Standard, Withdraws Vax-or-Test ETS

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

On January 25, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would withdraw its controversial “vax-or-test” Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), which required large employers to impose vaccination or testing requirements upon their employees.

OSHA Formally Withdraws Its COVID-19 ETS

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) formally withdrew its November 5, 2021, emergency temporary standard (ETS), which applied to large employees.

FTC Announces 2022 Changes to HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be increased.

Harrity Analytics Releases List of Top 100 Colleges, Universities & Institutes Receiving Patents in 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

Following the release earlier this month of its annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S.

AstraZeneca AB v. Mylan Pharms., Inc.,

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

Case Name: AstraZeneca AB v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., No. 2021-1729, 2021 WL 5816742 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 8, 2021) (Circuit Judges Taranto, Hughes, and Stoll presiding; Opinion by Stoll, J.; Opinion dissenting in part by Taranto, J.) (Appeal from N.D.W.V., Keeley, J.)...

Guide to D&O Insurance for SPAC IPOs (and How to Save Money on Your D&O Insurance Premium)

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/01/22

SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) had a volatile year in 2021, raising more funds in the public market and doing more business combinations than ever before.

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