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Please Pass the Settlement: Second Circuit Widens Split Over Stipulated FLSA Dismissals

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

A recently filed petition for certiorari asks the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the procedural requirements for ending private causes of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Specifically, petitioner Dorian Cheeks is asking the Supreme...

Three Common Construction Contracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Like Baskin Robins, construction contracts come in a variety of different flavors although, thankfully, significantly fewer than 31. Here are three of the more common types of construction contracts between project owners and contractors......

Mortgage Company Resolves DOJ Allegations of False Claims Act Violations

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

On December 2, a Tennessee mortgage company agreed to pay the United States $70 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. According to the DOJ, the company, acting as a direct endorsement lender, knowingly originated and...

Winds of Change Blowing Across the Hospice Landscape

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Recent Medicare developments indicate that end-of-life health care providers can expect to face continuing change in an already dynamic sector. These latest turns are part of an ongoing trend toward redefining hospice and end-of-life care in the...

Treasury seeks competition boost to reduce bills

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Treasury has presented to Parliament a policy focusing on encouraging competition in an attempt to reduce bills for both families and firms. This forms part of Treasury’s overall productivity plan (see FReD 24 July). Treasury outlines its plans for...

Ariosa Diagnostics v. Verinata Health, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Last month, in Ariosa Diagnostics v. Verinata Health, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board concluding that Appellant Ariosa Diagnostics had not met its burden of proving that claims 1–30 of U.S. Patent...

ABCs for Cybersecurity Solutions the C-Suite Should Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

No business, no matter how sophisticated, is immune from a data breach or privacy incident and today's interconnected business ecosystem requires a shift from security that focuses mainly on prevention and controls to a broader risk-management...

CFPB’s Ombudsman’s Office issues fourth annual report

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

The CFPB’s Ombudsman’s Office has issued its fourth annual report covering the Office’s activities during fiscal year 2015 (October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015). The role of the Ombudsman’s Office is to assist in the resolution of individual...

New Partnership Audit Rules Impact Both Existing and New Partnership and LLC Operating Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

On November 2, 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the Act) into law, instituting for tax years commencing after 2017 significant changes to the rules governing federal tax audits of entities that are treated as...

Proxy Advisory Firms Release Policy Updates for 2016

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, two leading proxy advisory firms, recently published their 2016 proxy voting guidelines, which include updates applicable to the 2016 proxy season....

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