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IRS Permits Several Waivers for Taxpayers Who Miss Rollover Deadline

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

The Internal Revenue Service has offered some reprieve to individuals who receive a distribution from a retirement plan or an individual retirement arrangement (IRA) and inadvertently miss the 60-day time limit for rolling these amounts into another...

Vermont's new net metering program

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Acting under a 2014 law, this summer Vermont utility regulators established a revised net-metering program to take effect in 2017. In a pair of orders, the Vermont Public Service Board prospectively changed the rules governing net metering of solar...

Trump Hotel False Advertising Suit Against Culinary Workers Union Gets Chopped

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act is generally considered a broad-based vehicle for asserting false advertising claims. For the owner and operator of the Trump Hotel Las Vegas, however, the statutory section was not broad enough to encompass alleged...

Armed Drone Export Control Update - United States Proposes Joint Declaration on Export and Use

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Following the Federal Aviation Administration’s rollout of final regulations governing the use of certain commercial drones in the National Airspace, Defense News reports that the United States has taken steps to facilitate the future adoption of...

Biosimilars’ Adaptation in Europe – Considerations Beyond Price

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Precision for Value evaluated various considerations that factor into the level of biosimilars uptake, focusing primarily on Europe’s recent introduction of biosimilar anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs (anti-TNF drugs). Amongst its findings, the...

Workplace Harassment Obligations Expanding for Ontario Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Effective September 8, 2016, Ontario’s Bill 132, the Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment) expands an employer’s obligation to identify, prevent, and investigate workplace...

Eleventh Circuit Invalidates Another Western Sky Arbitration Clause

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

On August 29, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit upheld a Northern District of Georgia decision invalidating an arbitration clause in Jessica Parm v. National Bank of California, N.A. (Docket No. 15-12509). Defendant National Bank of California (National...

Italian State Guarantee For NPL Securitisations: Implementing Decree Is Approved

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

Decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance containing implementing provisions (the "Implementing Decree") for State guarantees for securitisations of non-performing loans (Garanzia Statale sulla Cartolarizzazione delle Sofferenze) ("GACS") was...

NLRB Finds Temp Agency Joint Employer with User of Labor Services

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has begun finding separate companies jointly liable for compliance with federal labor laws under a joint or co-employment theory. Most notably, the Board has aggressively pursued joint...

Anti-Monopoly Disputes Are Not Arbitrable According to Chinese Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/09/16

On August 29, the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court ruled that an arbitration clause did not apply to an anti-monopoly dispute in a 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) case brought by a distributor against a manufacturer. This is the first time a...

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