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SEC Clarifies Application of Qualified Client Test for Related Advisers

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Under SEC Rule 205-3 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”), an SEC registered investment adviser is permitted to enter into an engagement that includes an incentive compensation component, provided that the client is a...

Use-It-or-Lose-It Rule Modified for Health Care FSAs

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

The IRS has issued IRS Notice 2013-71, allowing limited carry-over of amounts in employees’ flex plan accounts to the following plan year. Under the guidance employers may permit participants to carry over up to $500 of unused amounts in their health...

Dealership Update, No. 4, November 2013: The ADA And The FMLA: Look Both Ways At The Intersection

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Employees who become injured, disabled, or ill may be entitled to leave under several federal laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Complying with the responsibilities that arise under...

Operative Reports May Lead to False Statement Prosecution

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

You are a hardworking surgeon who is committed to providing quality care to all of your patients, including your Medicare beneficiaries. Because you are so busy, you routinely dictate your pre-operative and post-operative reports between surgeries,...

Safe Harbor 401(k): How the good and bad TPAs act.

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

The safe harbor notice deadline for calendar year 401(k) plans is coming December 1. This notice requirement is one of the requirements for a plan to be a safe harbor, in addition to the fully vested contribution that gives 401(k) plans a free past...

City seeks guardianship for 911 ‘super user’

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Unsure how to curb frequent 911 calls by a system “super user,” Washington, D.C., officials met earlier this year to discuss a solution. Their decision: Seek a guardianship to handle the woman’s medical affairs.

Duke Lacrosse Case Won't Get U.S. Supreme Court Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided it won't hear the Duke Lacrosse players' appeal of their federal case, which followed the investigation of their alleged rape of a stripper in 2006.

Great Britain: “Point of Consumption” Bill debated at Committee stage

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Various interested parties put their points across in Committee today, as the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill makes its way through Parliament....
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Federal Court Shuts Down Instant Tax Service

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Tax Analysts Tax Notes reports that on November 6, 2013, Judge Timothy S. Black of the Southern District of Ohio permanently shut down Instant Tax Service, which claims to be the fourth largest tax return preparation firm in the nation. The order...

The Pacific Coast Action Plan On Climate And Energy – Will It Make A Difference?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Late last month, the Governors of California, Oregon, and Washington joined with the Premier of British Columbia to sign a Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan on Climate and Energy (PCAP). Like its ill-fated predecessor, the Western Climate Initiative...

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