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Royal Bank of Scotland Reaches Settlement in Class Action

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

On February 14, the Royal Bank of Scotland and a plaintiff class, led by New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund and the Boilermaker Blacksmith Pension trust, reported to the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle in an RMBS case in...

City Council Expands New York City Earned Sick Time Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Yesterday, the New York City Council passed an amendment to the New York City Earned Sick Time Act (the "Act") expanding its coverage in several significant ways. The law, as amended, will take effect on April 1, 2014. As previously reported in our...

Russian Compliance Practitioners In Texas

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting a group of compliance practitioners from Russia who came to the United States to meet with US based compliance professionals and learn more about how the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) impacts how US...

Legal Alert: New York Tax Reform to Impact Captive Insurance Companies

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed broad corporate tax reform in his budget bill, which is currently winding its way through the legislature. The most significant proposal is a shift from a separate entity reporting regime to a full...

Ohio Governor Signs Legislation Requested by BakerHostetler Clients

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Governor John Kasich last week signed House Bill 139 to allow advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to admit patients to Ohio hospitals. The bill was introduced at the request of BakerHostetler client the Council of Ohio...

Claim Term “Adapted to” Means “Configured to” — Not Just “Capable of” - In re Giannelli

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed an obviousness rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (the Board) of application claims directed to a row pulling exercise machine where the...

70 Days and Counting: Clock Is Ticking to Claim Embedded Software Tax Exemption

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The amount of non-taxable embedded software being taxed in California is a staggering number. While companies own assets with millions of dollars of embedded software, few companies are maximizing their property tax savings through the embedded...

Scalable coaching services: myth or reality?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Four years ago I started to get busy in my consulting and coaching practice. It was great, I was finally making more money than I had been as a lawyer. I got busier and busier over the next few years but I soon realized I had a major bottleneck in...

FINRA Proposes Significant Changes To Regulatory Regime For Limited Corporate Financing Brokers

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has issued Regulatory Notice 14-09 soliciting comments on a proposed new regulatory structure for firms that limit their activities to advising companies and private equity funds on capital raising and...

Michigan Election Law Amendments Will Require Ballot Language to be Certified Two Weeks Earlier than Previously Required

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Recent changes to the Michigan Election Law will require municipalities and school districts to certify ballot language two weeks earlier than previously required. Michigan Public Act 253 of 2013, which amends the Michigan Election Law effective...

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