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OIG and CMS Extend Expiration Date for EHR Donations

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

As the final days of 2013 passed and the sunset of the Stark Law exception and anti-kickback law safe harbor for electronic health record (EHR) donations loomed nearer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and...

Iowa Immigration Law Blog: So Let's Get Immigration Reform Done this Year

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

As we welcomed in 2014, we faced the familiar situation of what it means to start the New Year: new beginnings, new agendas, and those pesky New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps for the Immigration Reform advocates and their allied hopefuls, this year...

Evolving Concepts of Discrimination in the Workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Shifts in attitudes and changing social mores impact workplace dynamics in ways that are difficult to measure. In some instances, a change in social customs gives rise to the need for new laws, regulations or policies affecting the employer-employee...

Governor Christie Bolsters N.J.’s Law Against Discrimination To Expressly Protect Pregnancy and Childbirth

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Last week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed legislation amending the state’s powerful Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to provide increased protection for employees based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The new law,...

Canadian Update on International IP Treaties

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Earlier this week, the government introduced an unprecedented five international intellectual property treaties in the House of Commons on the same day. The five tabled treaties, introduced for ratification and implementation, are......

Could “Free Speech” Issues Derail the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted its conflict minerals disclosure rule in August 2012, a coalition of business interests filed suit to challenge the SEC’s rule as unduly burdensome. That legal challenge to the...

The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) Expands

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

California has always been on the forefront in prohibiting discrimination in employment and housing. Now, it adds an additional class to be protected — military and veteran status....
By: Gilleon Law Firm

SEC Settles with Portfolio Manager of Private Equity Fund of Funds Over Undisclosed Valuation Practice That Inflated Fund Performance in Marketing Materials and Investor Reports

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

The SEC settled public administrative proceedings against a portfolio manager (the “Portfolio Manager”) over misrepresentations he made or caused to be made to prospective and existing investors in the private equity fund of funds he managed (the...

What’s The Best Way To Pass On A Restaurant At Death?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Most restaurant owners want to provide for their families when they die and protect their assets from liability. However, there are issues if the owner just conveys the real estate in a Will....

What’s Up for Restructuring Professionals in 2014?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Filings are Down - Commercial bankruptcy filings were down by 28% in 2013 over the prior period in 2012, and overall bankruptcy filings dropped 15%, putting the country on the lowest level of petitions since 2007 according to figures released by...

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