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Worry no more, foreign investors! Indonesia established a sovereign wealth fund

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

In line with the spirit of bolstering investment from foreign investors into Indonesia with the aim to create new job opportunities as mandated by Law No.

Groundbreaking Appellate Ruling Boosts LLC Cash-Out Mergers

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

For law bloggers, if there’s one thing more satisfying than writing about an important new court decision, it’s writing about an important new court decision that you won for your client....
By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.

DC Postpones Pay-to-Play Implementation Due to Lack of Funding

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The District of Columbia has put its new pay-to-play law on hold because of insufficient funding to implement the law.

An Important Clarification of the Duty of Honest Contractual Performance

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Background - Six years ago, in Bhasin v. Hrynew (“Bhasin”), the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recognized a contractual duty of honest performance.[1] On December 18, 2020, the SCC released its decision in CM Callow Inc. v. Zollinger (“Callow”), clarifying that duty....

More Tools for AML Enforcement and More to Come: Key Considerations from the 2020 Anti-Money Laundering Act and the Corporate Transparency Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

On 1 January 2021, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (the NDAA).

What Are a Company's Tax Reporting Obligations for Incentive Stock Option Exercises?

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Every corporation, whether a startup or public company, that has an employee who exercises an incentive stock option (ISO) must provide the employee an information statement about the exercised option (using IRS Form 3921).

D.C. Court of Appeals Permits Hospitals to Include Inpatient Section 1115 Days in the Medicaid Fraction of the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Calculation

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently ruled that a hospital's Medicaid eligible days in its Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation should include patients who receive inpatient care through a Section 1115 demonstration project.

D.C. Employers Are Potentially Weeks Away from a Near-Total Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the Act) into law on January 11, 2021. Mayor Bowser’s decision means that the Act will become law if it survives the mandatory 30-day Congressional review process that applies to all D.C.

Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - January 2021 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news....

The EEOC Issues Proposed Regulations That Employers Can Offer Only "De Minimis" Incentives To Encourage Employees To Take COVID-19 Vaccines

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21

As COVID-19 vaccines begin to be rolled out in the US, surveys show that some employees are skeptical, if not downright opposed, to taking any of the COVID-19 vaccines.

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