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A Bridge to Reconciliation: A Critique of the Indian Residential School Truth Commission

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Truth and reconciliation are separate and important elements in overcoming mass wrongs. While truth can be attached to fact finding, bridging the path to reconciliation can be far more difficult. In the Ojibway creation epic, Sky Woman cast a curse...

Retired federal appeals judge won’t be charged in probe of travel expenses

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Retired federal appeals judge Boyce Martin Jr. won’t be charged following a Justice Department probe of his travel expenses, according to a spokesperson for Martin.

Can FSAs Survive Healthcare Reform?

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) or Health FSAs have for years enabled employers to offer employees the opportunity to spend non-taxable compensation on eligible medical expenses. FSAs could not only be used to pay for routine deductibles and...

Amendments to PRC Foreign Invested Enterprise Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Following the new amendments to the PRC Company Law, China has published a series of conforming amendments to certain existing regulations governing foreign invested entities in China (FIEs) to reflect the reform introduced by the Company Law...

Round Two – Ground Rent Holders vs. Legislature – Goes to…

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

In a case decided February 26, 2014, State of Maryland v. Stanley Goldberg, et al., No. 8, September Term, 2013, the Maryland Court of Appeals found that legislation that replaced the remedy of ejectment with a lien-and-foreclosure process applicable...

Turmoil In Ukraine (Part II): U.S. Halts Export Licenses For Dual-Use And Defense Items To Russia; Congress Acts To Codify And Expand Russia Sanctions

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

U.S. government agencies announced this week that they have suspended issuing export licenses to companies sending or releasing sensitive goods, services and technology to Russia. This development will prevent companies from sending or releasing...

Romanian DPA Approves Use Of BCRs

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Yesterday (27 March 2014) the Romanian DPA approved a decision on the use of Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs)....
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California Eliminates Passive Investor Self-Certification From Finance Lenders Law License Application

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

Recently, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) made a number of changes to the application for a California Finance Lenders Law (CFLL) license that is completed by persons engaged in non-residential lending or brokering. The changes...

Study Finds Housing Recovery Fully Taken Hold Nationwide

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

A recent article in National Mortgage Professional Magazine released a RealtyTrac analysis of housing market health in 410 U.S. counties in two-year increments over the past eight years, finding that “96 percent of county housing markets are better...

Supreme Court Rules That Severance Payments Are Subject to FICA Taxes

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/03/14

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously held that payments of supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB payments) are taxable wages subject to FICA tax withholding. The Court’s decision in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., issued on March 25, 2014,...

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