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Is Washington's REET Affecting How Couples Hold Real Estate in a Family Business?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

In 2019, the Washington Legislature substantially revised and increased the tax on transferring real property with its real estate excise tax (REET)....
By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Be Sure to Ask Your Scientists the Right Questions or Risk Losing Patent Protection

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

Under the first-to-file patent system in place in the U.S. and globally, a publication that pre-dates an effective filing date can preclude the patenting of an invention....
By: BakerHostetler

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 17 January - 23 January 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

SEMINARS - You ain’t seen nothin’ yet: countdown to Brexit (27 February) Continuing our series of talks on the implications of Brexit for financial services providers, focusing in particular on EU banks, we will discuss the current state of play,...

Keep on truckin’ (for now): AB 5 may not apply to truckers

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

For decades, the trucking industry has used owner-operators to provide the transportation of property in interstate commerce. Assembly Bill 5, which went into effect Jan. 1, as set out in Labor Code Section 2750.3, threatens to alter the course of...

[Video] Asset Protection 101: Are You and Your Family Protected from Litigation, Creditors, and Divorce?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

Presented by Cohen Seglias Attorneys Brian Lawton and Whitney Patience O'Reilly on January 23, 2020. It can take years to accumulate assets and increase the value of your business and investments. Unfortunately, without an asset protection plan, you...

[Video] Health Care Continues to Drive False Claims Act Recoveries: Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

$3 billion recovered under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). That’s what the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported collecting in FY2019. The health care and life sciences industries accounted for $2.6 billion of the total recoveries. That’s 87% of...

Indiana Bill Seeks to Eliminate Jail Time for Low-Level Marijuana Possession

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

Indiana Senate Democratic Chairwoman Karen Tallian (D-Ogden Dunes) has introduced a bill (SB 114) that would put an end to jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Specifically, the bill would amend Indiana law to make possession of...

Is the FTC Going to Make Employer-Employee Non-Compete Clauses Illegal?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

here is currently a drumbeat of people and organizations, including the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), several State Attorneys Generals and Congress,1 calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to flex its long...

[Audio] Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 76: Tackling an MEE Con Law Essay Question

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through a UBE constitutional law essay question from the July 2018 bar exam. This is part of our series of podcasts on how to approach Multistate Essay Examination questions. In...

EPA Lists FIFRA-Registered Products Covered by Generic Data Call-In for Nanosilver

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/01/20

On January 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a December 13, 2019, memorandum to Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0370, the nanosilver registration review docket....
By: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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