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10 Things to Ask Before Hiring a Trademark Lawyer: Part 2

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Hiring a trusted trademark lawyer to guide your brand protection can be daunting. The wrong choice can be costly. In Part 1, we explored the first five things to consider. In Part 2 we explore Nos. 5-10 to consider when engaging a trademark lawyer....

Tax Court Stingier Than IRS

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Generally, amounts received by an IRA distributee are included in gross income. However, Code Sec. 408(d)(3)(A) avoids gross income if the distributee contributes the received amounts to an IRA, individual retirement annuity, or qualified retirement...

President Obama Announces Executive Order Raising Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

In his fifth State of the Union speech, President Obama announced that he planned to issue an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts to $10.10 per hour, up from the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an...

OFCCP CSAL Letters Will Be Released Soon

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) likely will be sending out advanced courtesy notifications (formerly known as Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters or CSALs), to establishments that have been selected to undergo a...

A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions - 02/03/14

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

SEC Initiates Enforcement Action Against Hedge Fund Adviser - The SEC initiated an administrative proceeding on January 8, 2014 against Patrick G. Rooney (“Rooney”), the sole owner and managing partner of Solaris Management LLC (“Solaris...

Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Approach to Donning-and-Doffing Cases Under the FLSA

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

On January 27, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. that the Fair Labor Standards Act did not require an employer to pay workers for time spent donning and doffing protective gear. The Court confirmed that...

Florida Legislature Unanimously Approves New Limited Liability Company Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Florida Legislature unanimously passed the new Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act (the "New Act"), and Governor Rick Scott signed the bill into law on June 14, 2013. The New Act is codified as new Chapter 605 of the Florida Statutes...

Who Doesn't Have to File Income Taxes?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

With tax season upon us, you might be wondering who doesn't have to file federal income taxes. Whether or not a taxpayer is required to file income taxes depends on your age, filing status, and gross income. It doesn't matter if you're unemployed; what matters is if your income (from......

Law firm is blank canvas for local painter in residence

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Painter Melissa Miller was joking when she suggested to the president of Orr & Reno that the unfinished third floor of a new office for the long-established a Concord, N.H., law firm would be a great place for an artist's studio.

Pizza delivery workers settle wage claims for nearly $1.3M

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A Domino’s pizza franchisee in Manhattan has agreed to pay $1.28 million to 61 pizza delivery workers who claimed they were forced to do unpaid work.

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