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Capital Thinking: Tax and Retirement

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

Tax Legislative Activity - Senate Finance Chairman Announces Drafts to be in Legislative Langauge - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced last week that tax reform discussion drafts to be released in the coming weeks...

Capital Thinking: Transportation and Infrastructure

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY - WRDA Reauthorization - The House is likely to name conferees this week for H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Redevelopment Act of 2013 (WRRDA)....
By: Patton Boggs LLP

The Problem of Patent Glossaries Part I: Ambiguity in Patent Claims and the Nature of Meaning

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

What motivates the USPTO to consider the use of glossaries in patent applications is surely the hue and cry that software patents are frequently, if not inherently, vague and ambiguous, and that something must be done to help clarify—and more...

Don’t Ignore that Notice!

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

The case Medos Services Corporation v. Ridout and Maybee LLP 2013 FC 1006 is an example of what happens when the owner of a registered trademark ignores a Section 45 notice....
By: Bennett Jones LLP

ESMA Publishes Speech on AIFMD and ETF Initiatives

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

On November 5, ESMA published a speech given by the Chair of ESMA, Steven Maijoor, at the European Fund and Asset Management Association investment management forum. The speech states that......

Paternity Leave Policy Comes Under Scrutiny

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

In October 2013, a CNN reporter filed an EEOC charge against CNN's parent company, Time Warner, Inc., alleging that Time Warner's parental leave policy is unlawfully discriminatory. According to the claimant, Josh Levs, Time Warner's policy provides...

Final Mental Health Parity Rules Clarify Requirements Regarding Treatment Limitations and Plan Disclosure Obligations

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

On November 8, 2013, over three years after issuing interim final regulations, the Obama administration released final rules implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), which is...

Italian Data Protection Authority Releases New Guidelines and Requirements for Customer Call Centres Based Outside the European Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

New legal requirements have been introduced as part of the Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA) guidelines on the processing of personal data by call centres based outside the European Union....

You Should Know - November 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

In This Issue: - Networking Nightmares - Tips for Smart Posting - Connect with Respect - Excerpt from Over Sharing Online Can Cost You Your Job ... and More: For better or worse, social networks giveus a platform to share literally...

Check Cashing Company, Executives Plead Guilty To AML Charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/11/13

On November 5, the DOJ announced that a New York check cashing company and its owner pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with more than $19 million in check-cashing transactions by willfully failing to maintain an effective...

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