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The Top 10 Changes Made to the 2012 Proposed Rule Under the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Rules by Recently Issued Final Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service recently issued final regulations implementing the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act. For “applicable large employers” — i.e., those with an average of 50 or more...

CFPB Begins Process for Amending HMDA Reporting Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

As a first step in its process to amend the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act reporting requirements “to make it easier for mortgage lenders to provide better information,” and to “seek to assess whether there are opportunities to improve upon the data...

Three Tricks That Make Negotiations Work

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The conventional wisdom: Negotiation is serious business, you have to keep your eye on the ball, it’s war carried out by other means. Originally published in Forbes on 01.31.14....
By: Gilbert LLP

Recovery Audits Cease as CMS Introduces New Provider-Friendly Contract Terms

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

February is the last date Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) can issue additional documentation requests (ADRs) as the current Recovery Audit Program contracts are coming to a close. This will give...

SEC Approves Changes to FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure Rule 8312

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved two changes to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 8312 relating to FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure (BrokerCheck Rule)......
By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Eleventh Circuit Holds ERISA Fiduciaries Must Consider Social Security Determinations Issued After Claim Denial

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Courts have long held that ERISA plan administrators need to consider the evidence considered and the determination made by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in evaluating disability benefits claims. But the Eleventh Circuit in Melech v. Life...

Takeda Prevacid SoluTab Patent Valid, But Not Infringed

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

In Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. v. Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that Zydus’s proposed generic product infringed Takeda’s Prevacid® SoluTab™ patent, but agreed with the district court...

Does a Family Law Matter Need to Age Like a Good Wine?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Wine is aged to potentially improve its quality and to become more palatable to the taster. The length of time necessary to age a wine is influenced by many factors including grape variety, vintage, viticulture practices, wine region and winemaking...

One More List: OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

On February 6, 2014, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published notice that it was listing eleven named parties as “Foreign Sanctions Evaders,” pursuant to Executive Order 13608 (May 1, 2012) (the “FSE” list)....

Amidst Fluctuating Bitcoin Prices, CDIC Leaves Digital Currencies Exposed

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “CDIC”), a federal Crown corporation offering deposit insurance for eligible deposits, issued a reminder last week that it does not offer protection for private digital currencies such as Bitcoin. The...

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