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Newlywed gets 30 years for pushing her husband off of cliff in national park

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

A Montana woman convicted of murder for pushing her husband of barely more than a week off of a cliff in Glacier National Park last summer was sentenced Thursday to 30 years and five months in federal prison.

FDA to Revisit “Evaporated Cane Juice” Draft Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Earlier this month, the FDA announced that it would reopen the comment period on its draft guidance for the industry concerning use of the term “evaporated cane juice” (ECJ). Draft Guidance for Industry on Ingredients Declared as Evaporated Cane...

Supreme Court Rules that Severance Payments Are Taxable Under FICA

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

I have to admit, when I read the news that the Supreme Court had ruled earlier this week that severance payments are “wages” subject to payroll taxes, I thought I was on crazy pills: Didn’t we already know that? But, apparently, the IRS had received...

US Supreme Court Rules Severance Pay Subject to FICA Taxes

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that severance pay is subject to FICA tax. There had been uncertainty about whether FICA taxes were due on severance payments following disparate circuit court rulings in two cases: CSX Corp. v. U.S....

H-1B Lottery: How Will it Work if the Quota is Filled?

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

April 1, 2014, is the first day USCIS will accept H-1B petitions for quota/cap-subject cases for FY 2015, commencing October 1, 2014. Only 65,000 H-1Bs are available nationwide per year for new jobs for foreign workers requiring Bachelor’s degrees,...

Florida Supreme Court’s Decision in McCall v. U.S:

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

- Determined that the statutory caps on wrongful death non-economic damages (i.e., mental pain and suffering) provided in Section 766.118, Florida Statutes were unconstitutional because they violated the right to equal protection under Article I,...

Pemex Requests E&P Areas from SENER

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

On March 21, 2014 Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) submitted its round zero proposal to the Secretaría de Energía (SENER), Mexico’s department of energy. Although the details of the proposal are not yet public, SENER has indicated Pemex seeks to retain...

Kahn v. MF Worldwide Corp. The Delaware Supreme Court Affirms In re MFW Holding That a Going-Private Transaction May Gain the Benefit of Business Judgment Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

On March 14, 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court decided Kahn v. MF Worldwide Corp. and unanimously affirmed the Chancery Court’s ruling in In re MFW. As we discussed previously, in In re MFW, then-Chancellor (now Chief Justice) Strine ruled that a...

Bracketology 101: Part 2 – Survive and Advance: NLRB Says Northwestern Football Players Can Unionize

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Last week, we placed the union recognition effort of Northwestern University’s football players as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region in our blog entry of issues that may change the face of the Final Four. That issue has now certainly cemented its...

GEN and FiercePharma Compile Lists of Top Selling Drugs for 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Earlier this month, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News released its list of the top 25 best-selling drugs worldwide for 2013. GEN's list, which the journal released on March 3 (see "The Top 25 Best-Selling Drugs of 2013"), was based on sales...

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