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Department of the Treasury and the IRS Release Final Regulations on the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

On February 10, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations, a fact sheet and a series of Questions and Answers on the Employer Shared Responsibility provisions under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code. The final...

REG AB: Channeling the Cheshire Cat

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

Regulation AB is big. Reg AB governs, among other things, the condition for shelf registration. The SEC is fixing to do something significant to Reg AB; we’re just not sure what....
By: Dechert LLP

Utah Employment Law Letter - February 2014: WORKPLACE ISSUES: Legalization of same-sex marriage in Utah will affect employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

Traditionally, marriage has been defined in the United States and in the state of Utah as a legal relationship between a man and a woman. In 1996, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which allowed states to refuse to recognize...

Do Not Miss This: VCF Deadlines

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

As with any legal claim or lawsuit, you must understand the time frame when you can file a claim. If you wait too long after suffering a personal injury, you can lose your right to recover compensation. For claims made to the World Trade Center...

SEC No-Action Letter Provides Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration for M&A Brokers

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

On January 31, 2014, the SEC Division of Trading and Markets issued a no-action letter to Faith Colish and five other lawyers providing relief from broker-dealer registration for M&A Brokers engaged in activities related to the purchase or sale of a...

Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Scope of State Whistleblower Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

Our previews of the newest additions to the Illinois Supreme Court's civil docket conclude with State of Illinois ex rel. Pusateri v. The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company. An unpublished decision from the Fourth Division of the First District,...

EPA Seeks Comments by April 15 Regarding Hazardous Waste Compliance Burdens on Retail Establishments

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and rules promulgated by U.S. EPA under RCRA regulate “hazardous” wastes generated by U.S. businesses. Under these laws, certain products that can be placed in the trash by homeowners must be managed...

[Video] FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 37-Interview with the FCPA Professor, Part II

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

In this episode, I debate with the FCPA Professor on the cause for the increase in FCPA enforcement beginning in 2004....
By: Thomas Fox

Government agency can’t assert attorney-client privilege in AG probe, top state court says

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

There are circumstances in which state agencies can assert an attorney-client privilege. But a grand jury investigation into their claimed wrongdoing by the state attorney general's office isn't among them, a top state court has ruled.

Basic’s Last Stand? Respondents and Their Allies Fight for the Fraud-on-the-Market Presumption

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

The fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance will not go down without a fight in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund (No. 13-317), a Supreme Court case that may reshape securities litigation for years to come. At issue, according to Respondents, is...

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