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Ahab Captures The White Whale: ‘In The Public Interest’ Defense To FCPA Enforcement

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

It is an axiom in the trial lawyer world that bad facts make bad law. The reason is if the facts are particularly egregious, most judges and juries will go out of their way to try and see that justice is served if not done. An example might be from...

The UMPC – Highmark Dispute: The Beginning of the End of Medical Practices Using Hospitals’ Managed Care Contract Rates?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Recent trends across the country have health systems buying out private physician practices and reclassifying them as hospital-outpatient departments. There are a number of motivations behind these transactions, the greatest being managed care...

Summary of Chairman Camp’s Oil and Gas Tax Proposals

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 26, 2014, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp released a discussion draft of the “Tax Reform Act of 2014.” The draft bill proposes a host of significant revisions to the Internal Revenue Code, including amendments to certain...

Lil Wayne's Tax Lien: 5 Lessons for Consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Lil Wayne is facing a tax lien to the tune of $12 million, stemming from years of unpaid taxes. Weezy allegedly failed to pay taxes for 2011 and 2012. For 2011 he owes a staggering $5.8 million. And for the following year, it's even worse -- more than $6.3 million,......



ACLU of Florida says police department used cellphone tracking device 200 times without warrants

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Police in Tallahassee, Fla., have used a so-called stingray device 200 times to track suspects through their cellphones—not only without getting warrants but without telling the suspects or the courts adjudicating the cases about the electronic surveillance.

BOEM Releases Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Survey For Offshore Atlantic Geological and Geophysical Activity

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 27th, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, in cooperation with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), and pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), released its final Programmatic Environmental Impact...

Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #37

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

We are pleased to present the 37th edition of the Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter. This month, we highlight recent developments concerning securities fraud liability against law firms and other third parties, suppression...

Miami-Dade Mayor Emphasizes The Importance Of P3s

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

During his State of the County Address this week, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez emphasized the importance of following the national trend of increasing public-private partnerships (P3s) to “tackle the urgent challenge of renewing our infrastructure...

Act Now Advisory: New York City Council Expands Scope of Paid Sick Time Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 26, 2014, the New York City Council ("City Council") voted to expand the City's paid sick leave law, the Earned Sick Time Act ("ESTA"). In a 46-to-5 vote, the City Council passed an amendment to the ESTA requiring New York City employers...

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 9

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

In this issue: - CFTC Issues Advisory on Compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Security Safeguards - SEC Issues Guidance on Aggregate Advisory Fee Rates for Multi-Manager Funds - Supreme Court Rules that the Securities Litigation Uniform...

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