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Toke on This: FinCEN Issues Guidelines for Marijuana-Related Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) got a whiff of the fact that financial institutions provide services to burgeoning marijuana-related businesses and published guidance to clarify customer due diligence expectations and reporting...

Bankrupt San Bernardino is Tackling Pension Obligations Head-On

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

An interesting article in yesterday’s The Sacramento Bee highlights the importance of finding a way to bring our public pension liabilities under control to maintain the fiscal integrity of our state and local governments....

Third Circuit Upholds FERC Orders on PJM’s Minimum Offer Price Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

On February 20, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied several petitions for review challenging a series of 2011 orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission or FERC). The Commission orders...

JSYK - Wow Best Training Ever! - CUL8R

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

Last week, the Wall Street Journal featured an article on companies that are enlisting employees who are identified as “influencers” – “employees who are particularly well-connected and trusted by their peers” – to help “come up with new products,...

CPSC Holding Third Party Testing Exemptions Workshop

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

The CPSC is voting soon on whether to hold a workshop to discuss potential ways to reduce third party testing costs through additional “determinations” that certain products or materials do not require third party testing. Although the agency refers...

Workers’ Compensation “Zombies” Invade West Virginia Legislature

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

In a move akin to the zombie apocalypse, a West Virginia legislator attempts to resurrect dead provisions in legislation filed on February 10, 2014. State Senator Jack Yost, a Democrat from Brooke County, introduced eight bills that would eviscerate...

Legal Briefs - False Claims Act Liability for CRNAs Related to Medical Direction

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

It has never been a secret to Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) that anesthesiologists are often not able to consistently comply with all of the requirements of TEFRA (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97–248)....

"Supreme Court Punts on Twin No-Injury Washing Machine Class Actions"

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review decisions upholding class certification in two cases that have garnered increasing scrutiny by the legal community — Butler v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer. Both cases are...

Commitment To Compliance: The Compliance Committee

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

Sunday was the 69th anniversary the most iconic photo of World War II, at least from the American perspective. Of course it was the raising of the American flag at Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima. To say that one photo cannot change the lives of those...

Editorial: Silica Exposure Lawsuits: The Next Toxic Tort?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration signaling its increased attention to workers’ exposure to crystalline silica, and the plaintiff bar evidently in search of new subjects for “toxic tort” claims, there is growing concern among...

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