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Washington State Capital Gains Tax Issues for Family Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

Beginning January 1, 2022, Washington state will impose a 7 percent capital gains tax on annual long-term capital gains that exceed a $250,000 annual threshold.

Fake victims, fake cops and the myth of entrapment in Netflix’s ‘Why Did You Kill Me?’

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21


Arizona Governor Seeks PFAS Assistance from Feds

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

On April 27, 2021 Governor Doug Ducey sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting the Department of Defense (DOD) identify and treat water in Arizona contaminated in the areas surrounding four defense installations and prevent additional human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalky

Environmental Justice: An EPA Enforcement Priority

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

As we reported at the beginning of the year, President Biden has been making environmental justice one of his priorities since long before he took office.

Community Associations Legal Alerts: Ending of Certain Public Health Restrictions Effective May 28, 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

Effective May 28, 2021, certain public health restrictions that have been in place for well over a year will end.  Executive Order Number 79 (“EO79”) terminates the Seventh Amended Executive Order Number 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine (“EO72”) on May 28, 2021.  EO79 can be found her

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders (UPDATED)

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers to screen the health of employees, often as they begin a shift.

California Federal Court Rules in Favor of Equitable Tolling of Benefit Plan Limitations Period

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

This alert was featured in the March 2021 edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor In Poisson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177216 (C.D. Cal. Sep.

Privacy Tip #285 – FTC Warns of Increase in Illegal Auto Warranty Robocalls

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

Robocalls continue to be irritating and their increased frequency is distracting and exhausting, at least in my experience.

Ohio Jumps Aboard CDC’s Masking Guidance for Those Fully Vaccinated: What Businesses Need To Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

Following last week’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear a mask or socially distance in most settings, the Ohio Department of Health just issued a new Health Order to conform to the CDC’s guidance.

U.S. House Passes Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21

On May 13, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.

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