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Adult Failure to Thrive and Debility Can No Longer Be Principal Diagnoses on Hospice Claim Forms

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Hospices will have until October 1, 2014, to ensure they conform their coding practices to comply with a “clarification” issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its final FY2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update,...

Australia: Update on privacy compliance for app developers

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

In the mobile environment, data can be collected and shared with ease. It is therefore of great concern to the Privacy Commissioner/Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) that each individual's privacy is strictly protected, no...

Partition Disputes

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Partition is a statutory procedure whereby co-tenants (for example joint tenancy, tenancy-in-common, community property) can file a court action to physically divide or sell the property. See A.R.S. § 12-1211 et seq. Unless the co-tenants have a...

GoldieBlox retreats from fight over Beastie Boys song

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Toy maker GoldieBlox has removed its rewritten version of the Beastie Boys song “Girls” from a viral video promoting girls’ capabilities.

A Nuts and Bolts Introduction to the State of Gaming in Massachusetts

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

In the coming months the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will issue the Commonwealth’s very first casino license. The development of this new and soon to-be rapidly growing gaming economy in Massachusetts is set to create any number of challenging...

DLA Piper at European Responsible Gaming Day

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

On November 28, a round table on the role of the European Union in online gambling was organized by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) during the sixth Responsible Gaming Day in Brussels. Patrick Van Eecke, partner at the...

Given a chance to choose courtroom art, at least one judge opted for basset hounds

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

When Judge Kathleen Delaney isn't on the bench, helping to find new homes for unwanted hounds as president of the the Las Vegas Basset Rescue is one of her interests.

Aufgepasst: Vorsicht mit der “Ausgleichsquittung”

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Im Rahmen der Beendigung von Arbeitsverhältnissen ist die Ausstellung von sogenannten Ausgleichsquittungen gängige Praxis. Gegenstand dabei ist die schriftliche Erklärung des Arbeitnehmers, auf alle eventuell noch bestehenden Ansprüche aus dem...

Corporate Review: November 2013 - Governments of Canada, British Columbia and Ontario Agree to Establish a Cooperative Capital Markets Regulator for Canada

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

On September 19, 2013, the federal government of Canada and the provincial governments of British Columbia and Ontario (the Participating Governments) signed an “Agreement in Principle to Move Towards a Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System”...

It Must Be the Food

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that food poisoning causes 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths every year. Consumers who suffer foodborne illnesses may be able to bring legal actions against the responsible parties...

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