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Reminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

As discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require Employers to annually furnish each employee who exercised incentive stock options...

Legislative Update Report - No. 2014-02 - Jan 24, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and Yukon....

Five Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s AU Optronics Decision

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

Court’s decision provides key takeaways for class action defendants, including how the decision limits the use of CAFA’s mass action provision to suits that actually name 100 or more persons as plaintiffs....
By: Morgan Lewis

Preserve Your Right To A Payroll Tax Refund

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

A disagreement between two federal appeals courts regarding whether payroll taxes must be paid on severance payments made to laid-off workers has landed the issue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral arguments began January 14th, 2014. How the...

The Affordable Care Act—Countdown to Compliance for Employers, Week 48: Obamacare Dodges Another Bullet

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

A recent Federal Court decision turned back a potentially debilitating challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s rules governing premium subsidies. The decision, Halbig v. Sebelius, has consequences for large employers, i.e., those that are subject to...

Intellectual Property Year in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

With the new year underway, we take a look back at some of the intellectual property-related highlights of 2013. Not only did the federal copyright and trademark agencies face a full-blown government shutdown this past year, but also U.S. courts and...

What's in Store For Tax Legislation in 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

In the best of times, reforming the nation's tax code is an enormous challenge, and in the mid-term election year of 2014, the chance of passing comprehensive tax reform has evaporated. The tax legislation that will pass the Congress and be signed...

You May Not Necessarily Be the Master of Your Domain

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

The ability to associate goods and services with a specific domain name can make or break a business, so much so that companies are still willing to fork over millions to purchase domain names. And although you may consider yourself lucky to have...

Socially Responsible Procurement and Best Value

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

The New York Times had an article yesterday by Ian Urbina, The Shopping List as Policy Tool, that analyzes the possibility of using the government’s purchasing power to cure a range of social challenges, including limiting harsh working conditions...

The Removal of the Ancient Mariner - Reprising a Sea-Change in Admiralty Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/14

As originally discussed in a recent post on Striding the Quarterdeck (December 9, 2013), amendments to 28 U.S.C. §1441 have effected a sea-change in admiralty procedure by ostensibly allowing removal of general maritime law (GML) claims on a federal...

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