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May and June 2014 Filing and Notice Deadlines for Qualified Retirement and Health and Welfare Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Employers and plan sponsors must comply with numerous filing and notice deadlines for their retirement and health and welfare plans. Failure to comply with these deadlines can result in costly penalties and excise taxes. To avoid such penalties and...

STONE LION CAPITAL Likely to Cause Consumer Confusion with LION and LION CAPITAL

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Stone Lion Capital Partners, L.P. v. Lion Capital LLP - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s decisions sustaining an opposition to registration of the mark STONE LION CAPITAL for...

Is Use of False SSN Dishonest?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Can you refuse to hire an authorized worker – even a U.S. citizen – because once upon a time he used a false Social Security number? In Guerrero v. California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, No. C 13-05671 WHA (N.D. Cal. May 7, 2014), the...

Let the Market Decide: The Third Wave of Energy Investment in Latin America and Caribbean

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

I recently moderated an ABA/ACORE webinar focused on cross-border renewable energy development in Latin America and the Caribbean. To introduce the topic, I recounted a recent experience at an on-the-record dinner hosted by David Bradley, publisher...

State Issues Healthy PA Program RFA to Insure 500,000+

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The Corbett administration’s efforts on the Healthy PA initiative continue to move forward. Late last week, the Department of Public Welfare issued a Request for Application (RFA) for private market health plans to provide for physical and...

Q&A for Pesky Summer Service Personnel Issues

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

An issue that arises every summer for counties relates to summer employment and summer seniority for service personnel. W. Va. Code 18-5-39(f) addresses the establishment of summer school programs....

Supreme Court Seeks Federal Government Opinion on National Bank Act Preemption of State Foreclosure Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Considering a petition for certiorari filed by Federal National Mortgage Association in a case concerning which state’s law governs a national bank’s authority to serve as trustee under a deed of trust—the state in which the bank is located, or the...

‘Lemon law king’ seeks writ of mandamus requiring state to follow old law until new forms are ready

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

A Wisconsin lawyer who considers himself the "lemon law king" filed a writ of mandamus petition against the state Thursday. It concerns a revised version of the statute limiting the recourse previously offered to consumers who purchase defective motor vehicles.

FFIEC Member Agencies and State of New York to Focus Attention on Cybersecurity

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

On May 7, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) highlighted regulatory efforts to enhance financial institutions’ cybersecurity during a webinar for approximately 5,000 chief executive officers and senior managers from...

NY Bill Seeks to Strip Insurers of Discretion When Substance Abuse Services Should Be ERISA Preempted

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The New York State Senate is considering passing Bill No. 4326 which seeks to address an epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse by requiring insurers to provide in-patient treatment to addicts. Publicity over the death of actor Philip...

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