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The Ins And Outs Of Joint Venture Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

In this presentation: - What is a joint venture? - Advantages and disadvantages of using a joint venture - Starting a joint venture - Step 1: Find the right partner - Step 2: Ensure the JV satisfies the applicable set-aside...

Court Rejects Wyndham’s Challenge to FTC’s Data-Security Enforcement Authority

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

In June 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit under Section 5 of the FTC Act (Section 5) against the Wyndham hotel chain (Wyndham) following a security breach that led to the theft of payment card data for hundreds of thousands of...

Applause Can Come with a Big Price Tag - Michael Jordan v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc.

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

Paying tribute to celebrity can sometimes be an expensive proposition. A Chicago grocery store chain found this out the hard way when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit handed down its decision in Michael Jordan v. Jewel Food Stores,...

Weight Loss Supplement Alli Recalled Nationwide

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

Just to be safe, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer healthcare will remove all of its weight loss drug alli from stores shelves in the U.S. and Puerto Rico due to fear of contamination. There have been at least 20 reports of retail purchases by...

Minnesota Legislature Expected to Pass Minimum Wage Increase

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

The Star Tribune is reporting that Minnesota legislators have reached a deal that will increase Minnesota’s minimum wage for most employers to $9.50 per hour by 2016. When the proposed law is passed and signed by Governor Dayton, Minnesota will join...

“Abysmal” Documentation of Services Deemed a Material Breach of the Provider Agreement

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

We have previously discussed a line of Virginia case decisions holding that less-than-perfect compliance with the Department of Medical Assistance Services regulations does not always justify a retraction of payments. Rather, Virginia courts have...

New Round of HIPAA Audits To Begin Later This Year

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced it will resume its HIPAA compliance audit program — launched as a pilot program in 2012 — on a permanent basis in 2014. In preparation, OCR is undertaking a...

Do you understand the new Medicare surtax?

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

Here are six simple rules for individual taxpayers to remember - Beginning with tax year 2013, certain individuals, trusts, and estates may be subject to a 3.8% surtax under Section 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code. Known as the Medicare surtax,...

Pre-AIA Litigation Triggers Time Bar for Inter Partes Review - Apple Inc. v. VirnetX, Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

In response to a petitioner’s request for rehearing of a decision denying institution of an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) reiterated that any litigation asserting...

Obama Requests Increased OFCCP Funding in FY 2015 Budget

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/14

On March 4, 2014, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez released OFCCP’s FY 2015 budget request, which includes a request for over $107 million in funding for OFCCP’s operations. This amount represents a $3 million increase over 2014, including funding for...

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