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Opportunities in distressed single-name investments in Poland

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

For years now, Poland has been experiencing a vibrant and well functioning market for NPLs portfolio transactions with a sizeable share of consumer loans and some presence of SME loans. While this has not been the case of single-names, the situation...

Even Though IRS Executives Do Not Know It, Employee Travel Reimbursements Can be Taxable

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report reviewing the long-term travel of certain IRS executives and found that nine of the thirty one executives whose records they studied made...

Employers Beware

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

As regularly reported in the news, the crackdown on employers by the federal government continues. If your company is targeted and I-9 violations are discovered, fines for simple paperwork violations, even if no undocumented workers are discovered,...

No Showing That “Primarily Engaged In” Requirement Met Where Executive Employee Spent More Than 50% Of Time Performing Non-Exempt Duties

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

In Guilfoyle v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., a federal district court in California held that an employer was unable to meet the “primarily engaged in” requirement of the executive exemption test where the employee spent more than half of his working...

CFPB Deputy Director Promises Vigilant Supervision, Enforcement Of Mortgage Servicing Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

On February 19, CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes spoke at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual servicing conference and detailed the CFPB’s expectations for servicers as they implement the new servicing rules that took effect last month....

Industry trade group seeks higher asset trigger for new requirement to report overdraft and other consumer deposit account service charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) wants to limit the application of a new Call Report requirement for banks to include a breakdown of their income from service charges on consumer deposit accounts....

Marketing to Medicaid Beneficiaries: Texas Proposed Rule Highlights Pitfalls for Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Earlier this month, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Commission) released a proposed rule, 1 TAC § 354.1452 that prohibits certain marketing activity by Medicaid and CHIP providers. The proposed rule has been created to enforce the...

Warrantless Home Search OK If 1 Occupant Consents: Sup. Ct.

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Police can search a shared home without a warrant as long as an occupant who is present consents to the search, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a 6-3 decision, the High Court affirmed that police don't need the permission of all occupants in a shared residence, as long......

The Disappearing Homepage. Traffic is down 17% on homepages of law firm websites.

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Traditionally, a website’s homepage has been treated like a book’s cover. When designing a website, marketers imagine that most of a website’s visitors will pass through the homepage en route to their destination. This is bedrock conventional wisdom...

Helmet cameras could benefit bikers in case of accident, but lawyers warn of potential pitfalls

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Concerned about the risk of accidents, a number of bicyclists in the Chicago area have begun wearing helmet-mounted cameras to record potential evidence for a criminal or civil case. That may be a good idea, lawyers tell the Chicago Tribune, but they offer several caveats.

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