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All I wanted for Christmas was the telecom legislation: Now what?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Christmas wish list of many had the enacting of Mexican telecom legislation on time (December 9, 2013). By now, we know for sure that the Congress missed that important date set in the transitory articles of the Telecom Reform. The legislation is in...

OIG and CMS Permit EHR Donations Through 2021, Except for Labs

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

At long last, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized regulations amending the Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbor and the Stark Law...

Cuomo Signs Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013: New York Law Reforms Governance Rules for Nonprofits

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Non-Profit Revitalization Act of 2013 into law on December 18. The legislation had been pending in Albany since it was passed by the Legislature in late June. As explained in this report, the new law is designed...

CFPB and DOJ Enter Into First Joint Fair Lending Consent Order with Indirect Auto Finance Company

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

On December 20, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and U.S. Department of Justice entered into a joint fair lending settlement with Ally Financial, Inc. and Ally Bank to resolve allegations that the Company’s dealer compensation policies,...

Committee Recommends Delisting Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Last week, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, a panel consisting of federal, state, local, and tribal representatives, recommended that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) remove the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) from the list...

Pa. Supreme Court Rules Key Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week struck down provisions of a state law known as Act 13, ruling that municipalities retain the right to enact stricter zoning controls on the oil and gas industry than those established by Act 13. This decision...

ECOA Now Growing Fangs In North Carolina

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

In my last article, “ECOA Gets More Teeth in North Carolina,” I wrote about the recent North Carolina Court of Appeals decision, RL Regi North Carolina, LLC v. Lighthouse Cove, LLC,…,and Connie S. Yow (COA12-1279). As expected, it did not take long...

Don’t Ask Me If I’m Unemployed, or I’ll Sue You

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Several years ago, we reported about attempts by Congress to pass a law prohibiting employers and employment agencies from refusing to consider job applicants solely because they were unemployed. While no federal law has materialized, several cities...

OIG issues report criticizing CFPB’s practice of bringing enforcement attorneys to exams

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Effective this past November 1, the CFPB ended its controversial practice of having enforcement attorneys regularly participate in examinations of supervised entities. Since first learning of the CFPB’s practice, we had expressed our deep concern...

Suffering is Optional, Growth is Not: Four Invitations to Release the Pain of Being a Lawyer

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/12/13

Recently, Alexis wrote an amazing post about the pain of being a lawyer. I’d like to talk a little more about that because so many (not all!) of my colleagues experience their professional lives unhappily and joylessly. Even folks I graduated with...

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