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Health Law Blog: HHS Issues Model of Notices of Privacy Practices in Spanish

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

A Spanish version of the Model Notices of Privacy Practices (NPP) has been issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). These...

Judge orders new psychiatric exam for accused movie theater shooter

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

A Colorado judge has ordered a new psychiatric exam for accused Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Judge Carlos Samour Jr.

Second Circuit Maintains Expansive View of Civil Liability for Insider Trading

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

On February 18, 2014, in SEC v. Contorinis, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed an order requiring Joseph Contorinis to personally disgorge more than $7 million in insider trading profits realized by a fund he co-managed, even though...

IRS “Pay or Play” Final Regulations Delay Compliance Date for Certain Employers, Reduce Penalty Exposure for Others

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

Earlier this week, the IRS issued final regulations that provide additional guidance on the new “pay or play” rules (also called the employer shared responsibility rules) that will generally apply to employers’ group health plans beginning in 2015...

Winter 2014 Federal Copyright and Trade Secret Legislation Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

Several bills under consideration in the 113th Congress would establish or significantly amend certain federal statutes related to the protection, enforcement, and exploitation of trade secrets or copyrights. Some legislation aims to establish a...

Don’t Be A Target: Mitigating Liability From Cyber Attacks

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

During the holiday season, Bullseye, a big box retailer, was the victim of a cyber attack that compromised the credit and debit card information (including PIN and CVV codes) of nearly 40 million of its customers. The attack immediately spawned...

U.S. Courts of Appeals Strikes Down New IRS Regulation to Register Paid Tax Return Preparers

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the Internal Revenue Service’s new licensing requirements for all paid tax return preparers....

Maryland and Virginia Considering Legislation Affecting Residential Foreclosures and Transitional MLO Licensing

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

In 2014, state legislatures continue to be active in considering policy options that would impact the mortgage industry. The following are two examples of the legislative and regulatory agendas currently being debated across the country......

Retirement Community Qualifies as a Charity

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

A panel of the Commonwealth Court concluded that a continuing care retirement community qualified as an institution of purely public charity and was therefore exempt from real estate tax, except for a remand regarding application of the exemption to...

Arbitrator Improprieties: A Educational Laundry List

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/02/14

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the U.S. District Court of Nevada’s confirmation of an arbitration award allocating attorneys’ fees and denial of a motion to vacate the award. After first holding, in a separate opinion, that...

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