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Better vs. Cheaper? – Court Says Cost Trumps Quality in Health Care – Orders Undoing of Physician Group Tie-up

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

The health care industry is in the midst of a revolution caused by demographic changes, advancements in medical understanding and, of course, Obamacare. As health care providers scramble to adjust to this brave new world, the potential benefits of...

Recently Proposed Treasury Regulations Regarding the Allocation of Partnership Recourse and Nonrecourse Liabilities Contain Significant Changes for Many Routine Partnership Transactions

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

On January 29, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) modifying the rules under Section 752 regarding the allocation of recourse and nonrecourse partnership...

Illinois Supreme Court to Address Distraction Exception to Open-and-Obvious Peril Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

We begin our previews of the civil cases which the Illinois Supreme Court agreed to review at the conclusion of its January term with Bruns v. The City of Centralia, Illinois. Bruns - which arises from the Fifth District - offers the Court an...

Letter to The Washington Post Defending the PTC

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

The Washington Post in an editorial of January 20 described the extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind as “wasteful.” The Post’s editorial is available below. However, The Post’s editorial board has penned multiple editorials...

Computer-Aided Selection Method Fails Patent-Eligibility

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

In SmartGene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Labs., S.A., No. 2013-1186 (Fed. Cir., Jan. 24, 2014), the Federal Circuit held that a patent claiming the use of a computer to implement routine mental information-comparison and rule-application processes...

SEC Issues No-action Relief Regarding Registration of M&A Brokers

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

The Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Trading and Markets (Division) issued no-action relief on January 31, in response to a request from attorneys on behalf of firms effecting securities transactions in connection with the transfer and...

Tick Size

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

The Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act (H.R. 3448) is scheduled for a vote on February 11th. The bill (which was approved by the House Financial Services Committee in 2013) would implement a pilot program during which EGCs would be permitted to choose...

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- January 31, 2014: Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Dish Network, L.L.C.

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

Ninth Circuit issues amended opinion affirming denial of plaintiff broadcasting companies’ motion for preliminary injunction against Dish Network over Dish Network’s network television recording product, finding that plaintiffs were not likely to...

Illinois Supreme Court Debates Whether State FOIA Applies to State's Attorney's Offices

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

Based upon the oral argument during the recently-concluded January term, it is not clear what the Illinois Supreme Court is likely to decide in Nelson v. The Office of the Kendall County State's Attorney. Nelson raises a deceptively simple issue: are...

Financial Services Law - Feb 10, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/02/14

Swipe Fee Settlement Yields More Litigation - Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far from over....

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