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Employment Law 101: Bonuses

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

What counts as a bonus: There are a lot of ways to describe a bonus. For our purposes, a bonus includes any discretionary or non-discretionary payment or “compensation” to an employee outside of their regular hourly, salary, commission, or piece rate...

FRB Releases Results of 2014 Stress Tests

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The FRB released the summary results of the 2014 annual stress tests conducted by large financial institutions pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. 30 banking organizations participated in the 2014 stress tests. The financial institutions participating...

Delayed Restriction Requirement Does Not Result in Patent Term Adjustment for Divisional Application

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In Mohsenzadeh v. Lee (decided March 19, 2014), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute does not provide PTA to a divisional application when the USPTO takes longer than 14...

2014 Hotline Benchmarking Toolkit eBook.

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In This Presentation: • What’s Happening With Call Volume? • The Repeat Reporter Story • Allegation Categories Remarkably Consistent • The Decline of the Anonymous Reporter? • Substantiation Rate Gets Better • Troubling Case Closure Trends...

Lawyer pleads not guilty to manslaughter, gets 15 days in jail for unrelated contempt charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

An Arkansas lawyer who hit the headlines last year after the state attorney general publicly admitted the two had an "inappropriate" relationship is back in the news again.

Unauthorized UCC Termination Filings No Longer Effective — Commentary on Recent Bankruptcy Decision

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Article 9 and the Life of a UCC Financing Statement - Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provides the process by which a secured lender obtains, perfects and enforces a security interest in a debtor’s assets and also sets forth the...

Senate Bill 477: Could There be Changes to Teacher Planning Periods?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Senate Bill No. 477 completed legislation, and as of the date of this Dinsmore & Shohl Education Law Practice Group Alert, the Bill is awaiting the signature of the Governor. The Bill, among other things, relates to the daily planning periods for...

MT File re: 2014 Federal Budget, File No.: 990001-100

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The mineral exploration tax credit has been extended for a further one-year period. This provides a 15% tax credit for flow-through share investors. Other items which would impact the mining industry include amendments to the Hazardous Products Act,...

IP Video Closed Captioning Reminder: Archival Programming That Airs on TV with Captions Must Be Captioned Online Within 45 Days of TV Distribution Starting March 30, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The next phase of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements implementing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) is set to take effect for closed-captioning video programming delivered via Internet...

Estates Are Claimants Entitled to Rebates

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In a four to three decision, the en banc Commonwealth Court held that a senior citizen’s estate was entitled to a rebate under the Senior Citizens Property Tax and Rent Rebate Assistance Act, 53 P.S. §§ 6926.1301-6926.1313 (the Senior Rebate Act), so...

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