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What if you didn’t hit budget in 2016?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

As we continue to review and dissect 2016, something feels a little different to me. My recent conversations with law firm leaders suggest that the winners and losers (of market share) phenomenon that we first identified back in 2013 is now moving...

DOJ Issues New Compliance Program Evaluation Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

Earlier this month, the Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (Evaluation Guidance). Although issued without fanfare, the Evaluation Guidance represents the latest in a series of...

President Trump Curbs Controversial WOTUS Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

Two days ago, President Trump issued an executive order (Order) that will scale back the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) hotly contested “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. The Order...

Trio of Recent Decisions on the I v. I Exclusion Should Remind Policyholders to Annually Review the Language in Their Policy to Avoid Losing Coverage

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

D&O policies vary quite a bit from carrier to carrier, and language on “standard” exclusions can change from year to year. Accordingly, it is important to do a yearly review of your D&O policy to make sure your company has the right coverage. Three...

How You Can Stand Out From The Crowd As A Retirement Plan Advisor

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

There are lots of financial advisors who claim they handle retirement plans, but there are only a fraction of those advisors who know how to actually handle them. So if you are a retirement plan financial advisor who knows what you’re doing, how do...

How You Can Stand Out From The Crowd As A Retirement Plan Advisor

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

There are lots of financial advisors who claim they handle retirement plans, but there are only a fraction of those advisors who know how to actually handle them. So if you are a retirement plan financial advisor who knows what you’re doing, how do...

ITC Grants Oral Argument

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

As we have previously reported, the Commission recently heard its first Section 337 oral argument in nearly ten years. Hot on the heels of that proceeding, the ITC has again granted an oral argument in a Section 337 investigation. This time they...

New York Court Reverses Rejection of M&A Disclosure-Only Settlement Signaling Split from Delaware

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 2, 2017, the Appellate Division for the First Department in New York entered an order approving a “disclosure-only” settlement. While acknowledging the “increasingly negative view” of “disclosure-only” or other forms...

How An Employee/Shareholder Can Protect Oneself Against Oppression

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

Because termination of one’s employment does not necessarily equate to shareholder oppression under New Jersey law, as seen in my last post, it is often a good idea to take proactive measures to inoculate yourself against a termination that leaves...

New South Carolina Tax Payment Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/17

Form FS-102, Payment Plan Request. The form previously required a taxpayer to first make a ten (10) percent down payment of all taxes due, and to also pay a $45 filing fee, as conditions for a payment plan, but DOR then had discretion and latitude...

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