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Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review 2015 – Competition Law Overview

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

This chapter provides an overview of antitrust and competition laws (competition law). While competition law was primarily (although not exclusively) an American phenomenon for most of the 20th century, competition law is now actively enforced in...

Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review – Japan

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

The media and telecommunications environment in Japan has undergone significant development in 2014 and early 2015. The country has completed implementation of its broadband infrastructure, with a broadband penetration rate of 100 per cent...

The SBIC Advisers Relief Act Becomes Law—Changes to SEC and State Investment Adviser Registration Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the SBIC Advisers Relief Act (the “Act” as part of H.R. 22, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015—the FAST Act). The Act amends three provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of...

Win Some, Lose Some: Drug Testing Statutes Tricky to Navigate

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Connecticut’s drug testing statutes applicable to employers have always been a bit tricky to follow. I covered the basics of these laws back in 2010 (you’ve been reading that long, right?)....
By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Judge dresses down public defender for ‘warehouse’ remark

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Using the word “warehouse” in a bond court hearing got an assistant public defender dressed down at length by a Florida judge on Tuesday.

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FCA consults on PPI rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

FCA is consulting on proposed new rules and guidance for payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. This follows FCA’s statement that it would consult on introducing a deadline for PPI complaints, accompanied by a consumer communications...

IRS Amends TED Bond Volume Cap Rules to Accommodate Draw-Down Loans

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2015-83 on Dec. 4, 2015, a change that will make it easier for Indian tribal governments to use tribal economic development (TED) volume cap for "draw-down" loan structures in which the lender advances...

Alcombrack v. Ciccarelli - Court of Appeals Declines to Broaden Tort Duties

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

A couple defaulted on their home loan obligations on a house they leased to a tenant. The couple did not tell the tenant about the default. After a trustee’s sale, the lender hired a company to inspect the house; and the inspection company hired a...

'Facts and Circumstances Mean Everything in Tax' - Separating Transaction and Ordinary Business Costs - Tax Update Vol. 2015, Issue 4

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Detailed recordkeeping and documentation assembling a factual and business narrative relating to the relevant services and associated fees are important to the allocation of costs. For many decades, taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service (the...

Perspectives - December 2015

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/15

Governor Signs New Law to Allow Asthma Inhalers in School and Camps. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. It causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing. An individual...

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