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Labor Department Further Delays FLSA Tip Regulations Final Rule Until The End Of 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

On April 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will further delay, until December 31, 2021, the effective date of portions of the previous administration’s Tip Regulations Final Rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)......

Discounted Assets and Funding Challenges in Estate Administration

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

Estate of Miriam M. Warne, T.C. Memo 2021-17 (February 18, 2021) (“Warne”), a recent Tax Court case, illustrates a potential mismatch between the value of an asset for estate tax purposes and the value of the asset for purposes of the marital or charitable deduction from estate tax.

What Is An Advertisement? The National Advertising Division Weighs In.

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

Every day we are inundated with countless advertisements. TV ads, radio ads, internet ads, billboard ads. But have you stopped to think, what exactly qualifies as an advertisement?

3 BigLaw firms will give back $1M in Purdue Pharma legal fees in settlement with trustee

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21


Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - April 2021 #5

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news....

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the SEC's Efforts to Help Underrepresented Business Founders and Investors, and the FCA Continues to Make ESG a Priority

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

BROKER-DEALER - SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss Opportunities for Underrepresented Founders and Investors - On April 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet on Frid

May The Board Cancel A Declared Dividend?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

A dividend involves three steps.  First, the dividend is declared by the board of directors, second a record date is determined by the board (or by corporate law), and lastly the dividend is paid.  Occasionally, the question arises whether a board may cancel a dividend after it has been declared

The CDC’s National Covid-19 Eviction Moratorium And Its Effects On California Landlords And Tenants

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

A national “eviction moratorium” issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 4, 2020, initially was set to expire December 31, 2020, and subsequently was extended through January 31, 2021, and then to March 31, 2021, and most recently to June 30, 2021.

In-State Relocation With Children During or After Divorce

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

I recently participated with a client in an uncontested divorce hearing where the Probate and Family Court Judge presiding over the matter said something I have not heard many judges say at an uncontested divorce hearing.  Addressing both parents, the Judge called attention to the removal languag

Another Fifth Circuit Court to Follow in Creasy’s Footsteps

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21

The Eastern District of Texas recently dismissed a plaintiff’s TCPA claim in Cunningham v. Matrix Financial Services, LLC,  No. 4:29-cv-896 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2021) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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