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No Mistrial Required When Defendant Physician Rendered Medical Aid to Juror at Trial: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice Litigation: 2020 Edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

Should the situation of a litigant and attorney rendering medical aid to a juror who fell ill during closing arguments should have resulted in mistrial? Giraldo Tirado and Christian Tirado, as Plenary Guardians of the Estate and Person of Gina Gutierrez, a Disabled Person v.

Alabama Governor Issues Proclamation on Extending State Incentives and Exempting CARES Act Aid

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

In a welcomed move by the business community, Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday morning issued a proclamation that would exempt certain CARES Act benefits from Alabama income tax and would extend the sunset (expiration) date of two of our major industrial tax incentives.

New Relief Bill Does Not Extend FFCRA Requirements but Does Encourage Voluntary Extension

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

As passed back in March 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA) requirements by which employers with less than 500 employees must provide paid leave for certain COVID-19-related circumstanc

Analysis of OIG’s New and Revised Regulatory Safe Harbors to the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Prohibition

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

In our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, “Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays,” we discussed the advanced publication of two significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify”

Ohio Supreme Court Rules on DMA's Notice Requirements for Abandonment of Mineral Interests

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

On December 17, the Supreme Court of Ohio held in Gerrity v. Chervenak that the circumstances of each respective case will control the efforts a surface owner must take before resorting to notice by publication under the Dormant Mineral Act (DMA)......

Best Practices: Change Orders - Things to Watch for in Negotiations

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

It is the rare construction project that is completed without any change in the work. In most sophisticated construction projects, the contractual mechanism for managing these changes involves the issuance of a change order.

The $180 Million Chinese Coffee Case for Attempting to Manage Earnings

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

Last week, on December 16, 2020, Chinese-based coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc. (“Luckin”) agreed to a $180 million settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Luckin’s American Depositary Shares traded on the Nasdaq until July 13, 2020.

Covid-19 Mortgage Servicing Trends Report - Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Bradley attorneys.

California Financial Advisors Lacking Fixed And Predetermined Salary Not Subject To Administrative Salaried Exemption

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

In California, all employees are presumed to be entitled to overtime, meal periods, and other wage-and-hour regulations unless an employer can prove that its employees “plainly and unmistakably” fall within the terms of an exemption.

Medicare Part B Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Model: New Rules, New Lawsuits, New Tweets

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/20

On September 13, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Executive Order”) directing the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to issue regulations instituting two most-favored-nations (“MFN”) payment models – one model for prescription drugs covered by Part B of the Medic

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