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Minnesota Legislature Convenes

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

The Minnesota Legislature convened at noon on Tuesday, February 25. It hit the ground running with a minimum wage increase and tax cuts at the forefront. It has already passed a $20 million heating assistance bill. The House passed the bill on the...

CFPB Supplements Consumer Reporting Guidance, Holds Consumer Advisory Board Meeting, Issues Consumer Reporting Complaints Report

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 27, the CFPB issued supplemental guidance related to consumer reporting and held a public meeting focused on consumer reporting issues. The CFPB also released a report on consumer reporting complaints it has received....

SEC Prevails In Tenth Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

The SEC prevailed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, securing a reversal of the district court’s order granting a motion to dismiss its complaint. The central issue in the case was if instruments which claimed to be partnership interests and...

$76 Million Distributed in Full Tilt Poker Restitution

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

We have previously reported on the arrangements being made by the Garden City Group for remittance of money to the former customers of Full Tilt Poker. Since that time, there has been a lengthy process for the submission of claims to the group for...

Covered Business Method Review Is All or Nothing - Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

In the final written decision of the second covered business method (CBM) patent review, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) cancelled all claims under review, noting that instituting a CBM review based on a patent-eligible subject matter...

The Opportunity at Hand: Locally-Influenced Management of Health Care

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

When I sat for my first conference on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in 2010, one thing was clear: Nothing. The expert presenters all admitted, with sympathy from the listening audience, that they had not (and could not)...

San Francisco Mayor Signs Ordinance To “Ban The Box” On Employment Applications

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 14, 2014, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee signed San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance, which “bans the box” on employment applications and restricts private employers’ ability to use criminal history information. Ordinance number 131192...

IRS Issues Final Regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 83 Regarding Substantial Risk of Forfeiture Analysis

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Companies that compensate their employees with annual or long-term awards of restricted property such as restricted stock grants should take note of the final regulations relating to property transferred in connection with the performance of services...

Ninth Circuit Reverses NEPA Approval of an Oil and Gas Lease in the Chukchi Sea

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) of the Department of Interior sought to lease approximately 30 million acres of federal land in the Chukchi Sea for oil and gas development, but, according to a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court...

Key House Committee Chairman Releases Long-Awaited Tax Reform Overhaul: Major Changes Proposed for Nonprofits

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 26, 2014, U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp released "The Tax Reform Act of 2014," a 979-page sweeping federal tax reform package that, among many other things, addresses a number of rules and laws...

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