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Finding All the Responsible Parties When You Are Injured

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Figuring out who is responsible is such a basic part of personal injury litigation that it often does not receive the attention it deserves. However, experienced attorneys know that this can be a nuanced issue that has a huge effect on a client’s...

The 13.3% Solution: of DINGs, NINGs, WINGs and Other ThINGs

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Wealthy taxpayers have now experienced the impact of higher federal and state income tax rates for a full year. Many have created or would like to create trusts for their children and grandchildren, which also could be subject to extraordinarily high...

Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act: A Cut to Contractor Compensation and Other Procurement Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014 ("NDAA"), signed into law on December 26, 2013, contains a number of provisions relating to government procurement, perhaps most significantly a decrease in the amount of individual compensation the...

Week in Review - January 30, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

As Americans gear up for Super Bowl XLVIII, we’ve gathered some articles below to help you prepare for the big game and to consider the game’s potential impact on the workplace. You can read below about how one employee's team pride led to him being...

FINRA Files Proposed Amendments to Rule 5110 and Rule 5121 Narrowing the Scope of Required Information and Lock-Up Restrictions in Public Offerings

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

On January 9, 2014, FINRA made a filing with the SEC (SR-2014-003) that proposes to amend Rule 5110 to: (1) narrow the scope of the definition of “participation or participating in a public offering;” (2) modify the lock-up restrictions to exclude...

HUD Implements New Manual Underwriting Standards

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

On January 21, HUD issued Mortgagee Letter 2014-02, which implements new manual underwriting standards announced in December 2013. The new standards and guidance will be effective for all case numbers assigned on or after April 21, 2014, and will...

Federal agencies launch new servicemember higher education complaint process

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Servicemembers now have more channels for submitting complaints relating to their higher education. In addition to their ability to submit complaints about student loans via the CFPB’s complaint system, servicemembers using Post 9/11 GI Bill and...

Electronic Health Record (EMR) Systems – One Of The Many Ways Technology Is Changing Medicine

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

A Conversation with Brian Foster, Director of Client Solutions at CareCloud - The availability of incentive payments to providers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement electronic medical records (EMR) systems is a...

Amanda Knox vows to fight guilty verdict in Italian murder case, says it ‘hit me like a train’

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Amanda Knox said the latest guilty verdict in an Italian murder trial over the 2007 slaying of her roommate there, while both women were foreign exchange students, "hit me like a train." In an exclusive interview Friday with Good Morning America, the Seattle resident said she…

What Can Go Wrong In Structured Trade And Commodity Finance - Lessons For China

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Structured trade and commodity finance (STCF) is central to international trade and is progressively becoming an important source of finance for Chinese companies, given that China is now the most significant player in the commodities market. Since...

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