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First District Rejects CEQA Challenge To City of Napa’s Reliance On Prior General Plan EIR For Housing Element Update Project

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

The EIR has long been the judicially-proclaimed “heart of CEQA” because it represents the culmination of the statute’s environmentally-protective purposes and objectives. Yet the legal “expiration date” for the document embodying CEQA’s highest...

Former Broker Banned by FCA for Encouraging Market Abuse

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

On November 14, the FCA published the final notice it has issued to Rahul Shah. The FCA’s statement is that Mr. Shah encouraged another person to engage in behavior which, had Mr. Shah engaged in that same behavior, would amount to market abuse...

New Brunswick Proposes Public Sector Changes

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

On November 19, 2013, the Province of New Brunswick introduced for First Reading, An Act Respecting Pensions under the Public Service Superannuation Act (the Act). Under the Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act (PSSA) will be repealed and the...

Okay to Terminate Employee for Violating No-Alcohol Provision of Return to Work Agreement, Says Third Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

In Ostrowski v. Con-way Freight, Inc., No. 12-3800, 2013 WL 5814131 (3d Cir. Oct. 30, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed that an employer may discharge a driver sales representative ("DSR") who suffers from alcoholism for...

BAPCPA Backfires: Unsecured Creditor’s Returns Decrease in Post-BAPCPA Landscape

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

A new study published by the American Bankruptcy Institute has found that the aggregate effect of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), which was passed in part to improve creditor returns in consumer...

No Longer at Sea: IRS Finalizes Safe Harbor Reduction Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

On November 14, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations that permit employers to suspend or reduce safe harbor nonelective contributions under a 401(k), 401(m), or 403(b) plan during the plan year. The final regulations also...

When Are Police Allowed to Open Fire?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

When are police officers allowed to fire their weapons? In America, we allow our law enforcement officers to carry and use firearms in order to protect public safety. But there are limits to when police are allowed to use deadly force -- the kind that comes from the barrel of......

2013 Warsaw Climate Change Conference: International negotiations seek to raise ambition to combat climate change

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

International climate change negotiations are now under way at the 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, aiming to lay the groundwork for a new, universal climate change agreement scheduled for adoption in 2015 and to raise...

Ten Offshore MLP Facts

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

Offshore MLPs can provide a tax efficient vehicle for investors, but only if structured properly. A master limited partnership (MLP) is a partnership or limited liability company traded on a stock exchange that generally does not pay federal...

Carriers nix proposed ‘kill switch’ solution to problem of rampant smartphone thefts

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

Throughout the United States, almost one in every three robberies involves the theft of a telephone, often a pricey smartphone.

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