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Audio Description Requirements Extend to Nielsen Television Designated Market Areas 101 to 110 on January 1

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

Beginning January 1, 2025, the FCC’s audio description requirements will expand to commercial television stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC in 10 additional Nielsen Designated Market Areas (DMAs): Johnson City-Bristol-Kingsport, Reno, Greenville-New Bern-Washington, Davenport-Rock Isl

Year-End Watch List: Possible Simplification to Employer Group Health Plan Reporting

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

2024 might almost be over, but the Senate recently passed two bills that are intended to ease at least some employer burdens under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)....
By: Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Legal Update: Massachusetts EOHLC Issues Draft ADU Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) released a set of draft regulations intended to clarify and administer the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) provisions of the Affordable Homes Act (Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024)....

Check Your Footing: $36 Million Money Judgment Eviscerated in Brutal Appellate Standing Loss

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

To prevail on a cause of action in a business divorce lawsuit, the plaintiff has many essential boxes to check. Pleading requirements vary from one claim to another, but all business divorce cases have one thing in common.

Nationwide Injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act Remains in Effect

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

The status of the preliminary injunction which paused the nationwide enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and its implementing rules (collectively, the “CTA”) continues to keep all interested parties on the edge of our collective seats as year-end approaches, with an order issued at 5:00

Top 10 Developments in Delaware Workers’ Compensation in 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

1.    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v. Perdue, 320 A.3d 196 (Del. June 24, 2024)....

US Unveils New UFLPA Entity List Additions of PRC-Based Entities

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

In August, October, and November, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added several People’s Republic of China (PRC)-based individuals and entities to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the list’s total to 107 entities....

Corporate Transparency Act: Fifth Circuit Panel Vacates Stay Against CTA Injunction; Reporting Obligations Again Suspended Pending Outcome of Appeal

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

On December 26, 2024, a merits panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the stay entered on December 23, 2024, by its own motions panel against the December 3, 2024, nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Reporting Rule to “preserve the constitutional sta

Co-Parenting Challenges in Youth Sports: Insights from Family Law Attorney Rebecca Frino

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

Navigating youth sports as a co-parent can be challenging. From juggling schedules and transportation to managing costs and emotions, the journey is often complex—especially for divorced families....

Top 10 Developments in Florida Workers’ Compensation in 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/24

1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden, Fla. 1st DCA, DCA#: 21-3530....

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