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Manatt on Medicaid: Are Health Homes Here to Stay?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Launched amid a flurry of activity in late 2010, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid health home program was quickly adopted by several states. To spur adoption of this coordinated care model, the ACA provided a 90% federal financing match for...

Legitimate Interests Provide No Immunity For Intentional Interference Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

In law school we study contract law and we study torts. We don’t study contracts and torts as a single subject (e.g., “contorts”). Why? Because they are generally regarded as fundamentally different areas of the law. They involve different issues...

Mobile app providers: be aware of sweeping privacy watchdogs.

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) is organizing an international privacy sweep between 12 and 18 May 2014, specifically targeted at mobile applications, involving 27 data protection authorities around the world....

Brownfield Legislation Passes 2014 Florida Legislative Session, Expanding Range of Redevelopment Tools

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The Florida Legislature passed new Brownfield legislation in the 2014 legislative session that concluded in May 2014. The bill will be sent to Governor Rick Scott. If enacted into law, the legislation will expand the range of incentives and tools...

Economic Impact Of Homebuilding And Remodeling

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Blocked streets, noisy construction and unwelcome trash can be just a few of the inconveniences that come along with a neighbor’s new home construction or home remodeling. However, a report released in early May by the National Association of...

LAG Schleswig-Holstein: Auch kündigender Personalleiter muss Bevollmächtigung nachweisen

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Die Kündigung eines Arbeitnehmers durch einen Bevollmächtigten ist nur dann rechtswirksam, wenn die Vollmachtsurkunde im Original beigefügt ist oder der Arbeitnehmer über die Bevollmächtigung in Kenntnis gesetzt wurde (§ 174 BGB). Andernfalls kann...

The Affordable Care Act – Where are We Now

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

With the passing of the March 31st deadline for the initial open-enrollment under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA” or “ObamaCare”), the resignation of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and the enrollment at a little over 8...

Court of Justice of the European Union Finds Individuals Have a “Right to be Forgotten” Under Data Protection Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Court defines its territorial reach and obliges Google to remove “old” unwanted personal data from web search results - In a landmark ruling on 13 May 2014,1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the EU’s highest court, sitting as a...

CFTC Staff Announces Streamlined Process for CPO Delegation

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

On March 12, 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff issued the long-awaited guidance letter relating to the delegation of commodity pool operator (CPO) functions from persons that might otherwise be subject to CPO registration to...

Has the SCRA been amended for everyone?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Not only student loan servicers, but all companies, particularly those subject to the CFPB’s supervisory authority, face new compliance risk under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the “SCRA”) as a result of the stunning $60 million SCRA...

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