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5 Things To Consider About Co-Tenancy Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

Overview: Co-tenancy provisions give retail tenants the right to pay reduced rent or to terminate their leases, or both, if other specific tenants or a percentage of tenants do not open or if they leave a shopping center....

Short Wins - The "A U.S. Attorney In California Does The Right Thing Edition"

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

There are two interesting opinions I'd like to highlight from this crop. First, there's United States v. Prado from the Seventh Circuit. Every now and again, in sentencing, a district court will say it can't consider something. It seems to me that...

ML Strategies’ Energy and Environment Weekly Update – Week of March 3, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

With the reintroduction of energy efficiency legislation and a first move on comprehensive tax reform, energy issues received significant attention in Washington last week. They will continue to garner consideration this week as President Obama...

Monthly Benefits Update - February 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

Health & Welfare Plans - Health Care Reform: IRS Issues Final ACA “Pay or Play” Regulations - The IRS issued final regulations regarding the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the “pay...

Federal Judge Approves Contractual Limitation On Time To Bring Employment Claims Under Oregon Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

A federal court in Oregon recently ruled that employment agreements may impose a reasonable limitation on the time period in which an employee may bring statutory and common law claims against his or her employer, even when that time period is...

Tax Court Rules Amounts Paid Out Of Ponzi Scheme Not Taxable

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

The tax treatment of amounts paid out of failed Ponzi schemes is once again in the news. In Roszko v. The Queen (2014 TCC 59), the Tax Court of Canada allowed the taxpayer’s appeal and held that amounts paid out of a fraudulent scheme were not...

Calif. To Make Waves With New Drinking Water Standard

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

On Dec. 17, 2013, Judge Evelio Grillo of the Alameda County Superior Court ordered the California Department of Public Health ("CDPH") to finalize regulations establishing drinking water standards for hexavalent chromium ("Cr-6") by the spring of...

Make FindLaw's Legal Pulse Your 24/7 Source for Legal News

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

The law is not etched in stone, but rather serves as a reflection of society's ever-changing views on liberty and justice, anchored by its founding principles.

BigLaw partner used his briefcase ‘as a weapon’ to bash opposing counsel, lawsuit says

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

A partner of one of the world's biggest and best-known corporate law firms used his briefcase "as a weapon" to bash opposing counsel as he left a Brooklyn courtroom conference room after an adverse ruling by a referee in a foreclosure hearing last year, a lawsuit contends.

Representative Dave Camp’s Proposed Draft Legislation on Tax Reform

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/03/14

Last week, Representative Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, unveiled draft legislation on tax reform that would include a 10 percent tax on municipal bond interest for joint filers with incomes over $450,000. The...

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