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Hot Employment Topics For 2014-Part VI: Employees' Use Of Marijuana

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

This is the sixth of a seven-part series describing "Hot Employment Topics for 2014." Part VI focuses upon "Use of Marijuana in the Workplace." Recent publicity about the enactment of laws in several states legalizing the sale and use of marijuana...

Dewonkify – Outlays

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Term: Outlays - Definition: Outlays refers to the actual disbursement of funds by the U.S. Treasury to meet obligations incurred by the federal government. They are typically referred to as spending or expenditures....

PTC Extension Added to Tax Extenders

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

A modified extenders package was released today that includes a two-year extension of the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) under section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code as well as an extension of the option to claim the energy investment...

Secret Practice of a Russian Invention on U.S. Soil Invalidates a Patent - Solvay, S.A. v Honeywell International

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Affirming the federal district court, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a claim was invalid under § 102(g)(2), i.e., the invention was made in this country by another who had not abandoned, suppressed or concealed it,...

Manatt on Medicaid: New Hampshire Elects to Expand Medicaid Using Private Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Last week, New Hampshire’s governor signed a law (Senate Bill 413-FN-A) that will expand Medicaid to adults with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line. The law is expected to result in some 50,000 New Hampshire residents securing...

Eleventh Circuit Holds Replacement Value - Applies to Surrender of Collateral in Chapter 13 Plan

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

On March 27, 2014, the Eleventh Circuit (the “Court”) issued a ruling, which will have a major impact on how Chapter 7 and 13 debtors are able to treat claims of secured creditors. The issue in In re Brown, 13-13013, 2014 WL 1245266 (11th Cir. 2014)...

10 Dumb DUI Mistakes You'll Want to Avoid

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Drivers are human, and even some of the smartest ones have been slapped with a DUI. But as some notable drunken-driving defendants have shown us, there are also many incredibly dumb mistakes that can lead to a DUI -- and many more dumb mistakes you can make when getting pulled......

Congress Talks Bitcoin, Small Business: 3 Tidbits

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Congress held a hearing on Bitcoin and small businesses Wednesday. Though no action was taken, the discussion could impact the virtual currency and businesses that currently accept it (or are considering it) for payment.

Obtaining Damages for Future Pain and Suffering

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Woodland Hills personal injury lawyer,Barry P. Goldberg, warns his clients that it is not automatic that a jury will award "future pain and suffering." In fact, juries today are tougher and tougher and look for reasons not to award all items of...

Transgender Students and Communal School Bathrooms: Doe V. Regional School Unit 26

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

How can Connecticut schools best accommodate transgender students? - While it is fair to say that this is not the sort of question that most superintendents, college administrators and board of education members would have been asking themselves...

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