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Covered Employers Should Remain Aware Of Reporting Deadlines For The 2018 EEO-1 Survey

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

Certain employers are required to submit the EEO-1 Survey to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEO-1 Survey contains information relating to the gender, ethnicity and race of employees....

What Does a Record Number of Responses Show Regarding eDiscovery Business Confidence?: eDiscovery Trends

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

As promised, I’m here to cover the results of the Spring 2019 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey, published (as always) on Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery site.  So, how confident are individuals working in the eDiscovery ecosystem in...

Employers Must Provide Pay Data to the EEOC By September 30th

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

On April 25, 2019, the federal court for the District of Columbia imposed a deadline for compliance with its March 2019 ruling that all employers with 100 or more employees must provide pay data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in...

Warning Shot: Charges Against OneCoin Include Securities Fraud

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

In early March, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney unsealed indictments against the leaders of the Bulgarian-based “purported” cryptocurrency “OneCoin” on wire fraud, money laundering and federal securities fraud charges relating to an alleged $3 billion...

Misleading Ads are Not a Jeweler's Best Friend: The FTC's Crackdown on Diamond Ads

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

It’s been 70 years since Carol Channing first sang “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” on Broadway, with Marilyn Monroe singing the more famous rendition four years later on the silver screen. Around the same time as Monroe’s performance, a research...

Making a Difference for Families with Disabled Children

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

For low-income families with disabled children, receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits is critically important to the safety and security of their households. Navigating the difficult claims process without legal counsel, however, too...

Chalking it up: If you chalk cars to enforce parking, think twice

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

Municipalities that rely on chalking cars and sidewalks as part of their parking enforcement should change their practices after a recent ruling....
By: Harris Beach PLLC

Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the Government's Expanded Lens Could Be Dangerous to Your Financial Health – and Liberty

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which was predicated in this...

Federal Reserve Board Proposes Changes in Control Analysis

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

On April 23, 2019, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) released for public comment proposed changes to its longstanding positions on the exercise of controlling influence under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”) (the...

Why Your Lateral Hiring Program Under Delivers, And How To Fix It

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/19

If your firm is like most, the pursuit of lateral partners is a critical piece of your growth plan, and you invest in it disproportionately. But unless yours is an exception, the effort under-delivers. Consider data highlighted in a January article...

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