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Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - October 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Insider Trading Claims Against Satellite Operator Investors Based on Stock Sales After FCC Chairman Vote - In re Silver Lake Grp., LLC Sec. Litig. (9th Cir.

ITFA Is Alive and Well: New York Advisory Opinion Reaffirms Sales Tax Exemption for Internet Access Services

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

In its latest Advisory Opinion, TSB-A-24(4)S (June 26, 2024), the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the Department) reaffirmed the broad protections offered by the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) against state and local taxation of internet access.

Jeopardy Question: Rates and Leaves -- Answer: What Are Things That Are Dropping?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Designed to Combat Money-Laundering in Residential Real Estate Transactions: Money It’s a Gas, Grab That Cash With Both Hands and Make a Stash....
By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Update: Governor Newsom Vetoes California’s AB 3129 Targeting Healthcare Private Equity Deals

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

On September 28, 2024, Governor Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill No.

An Update on OSHA’s Heat Regulation Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

The OSHA process for issuing a new heat regulation is finally heating up. On August 30, 2024, OSHA published its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in the Federal Register. The path to get to this NPRM has been a long one......

FCA Whistleblowers – No More?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

Yesterday, a federal district court in the Middle District of Florida issued a decision that threatens the federal government’s continued reliance on the False Claims Act (“FCA”) as the most powerful weapon in the Department of Justice’s enforcement arsenal. U.S.

[Audio] Hospice Insights Podcast - What's the Latest on UPICs? Highlights From Recent Audit Activity, Part II

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

UPIC activity is picking up, and the UPICs are reviving some old tactics. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki continue the discussion on these trends which include extrapolation, Medicaid nursing home room and board payments, patient interviews, and more.

Spain’s renewable energy industry readies for refinancing

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

Spain’s renewable energy industry is performing better than ever. According to Redeia, the country’s grid operator, Spain generated nearly 60 percent of its electricity from renewable energy over the first six months of 2024, an increase of almost 10 percentage points year-on-year....

Regulatory monitoring - September 2024

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU - EC: Report on the future of European competitiveness Status: Final - The EC has published a report on the future of European competitiveness, prepared by Mario Draghi, former President of the ECB.

Court Holds That False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provision Is Unconstitutional

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/10/24

On September 30, 2024, the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) case on the grounds that the qui tam provision of the FCA is unconstitutional.

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