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Do You Want Health Insurance with Your Entrée?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that restaurant-goers are paying more than just tax and tip when dining out—a new policy at an L.A. restaurant means that diners will also be contributing to covering the cost of the restaurant’s employees’ health...

Keystone XL Pipeline Project Halted in Nebraska

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

On Wednesday, a Nebraska District Court dealt the Keystone XL pipeline project a heavy blow. The court invalidated a law that allowed the state's governor to approve the pipeline's passage through Nebraska. The court ruled that the state's...

Can SOX Go Overseas? The Debate Continues

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The continuing controversy over whether retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") cover activities outside the United States continues to play out in the courts and administrative bodies. The two leading cases in this area are the...

Teenage Drivers: Age an Accurate Indicator of Accident Risks

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

In many instances, our preconceived notions and stereotypes simply don’t reflect reality. When it comes to teenage drivers, however, our perception of them as highly dangerous is unfortunately right on the money. Indeed, the statistics on this topic...

Does California Law Recognize Out-of-State Divorces?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

When couples marry and divorce in another state prior to moving to California, the divorce remains legally valid within California. However, there can be circumstances when an out-of-state divorce is not considered valid under California law....

Lawyer on trial for girlfriend’s murder blames his parents, ‘intermittent explosive disorder’

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

Attorney Jason Bohn doesn't dispute that he killed his girlfriend, Danielle Thomas, who was beaten and strangled to death nearly two years ago at their New York City apartment.

JCAA Rules Revisited

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

New JCAA Rules of Commercial Arbitration recently have been released after a review and amendment process that began in July 2012. The JCAA Rules last were amended in 2008, and the new rules took effect on February 1, 2014. They introduce multiple...

WhatsApp plus Facebook, what data protection issues?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

Adding 450 million monthly users to 1.3 bn monthly users costs $19 bn according to Facebook, but also means that the buyer will be able to know about (and benefit from) much more information on its users to be potentially used for advertising...

Another delay in the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate - A Reprieve For Many Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Obama administration announced last week that some mid-sized businesses would have an additional year to comply with the employer mandate or “pay or play” provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The employer mandate requires businesses with at...

Playing Kick the Can with the Affordable Care Act: The Administration Further Delays Employer Deadlines

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Treasury Department has announced further extensions for medium-sized and large-sized employers for compliance with the “employer mandate” of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The employer mandate requires employers with a threshold level of...

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