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Risks Engendered By Use of Social Media During Employment

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

Sharing personal and work-related information on social media sites has become a prevalent practice for many employees nowadays. Likewise, social media is also used by employers as a platform to connect with the public and to communicate within the...

DOJ Settles with For-Profit Education Company Over Alleged FCA Violations

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

On November 16, the DOJ announced a $95.5 million settlement with the country’s second-largest for-profit education company to resolve alleged federal and state violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). According to the DOJ’s complaint, the company’s...

Final Rule Amending Overtime Requirements Not Expected Until Late 2016

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

On June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed rule amending the minimum salary requirement for overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the proposed rule, the minimum weekly salary for overtime...

San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Amends Regional MS4 Permit to Provide Alternate Compliance, Define Prior Lawful Approval of Development Projects, and Extend BMP Design Manual Deadline

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

On Wednesday, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board approved amendments to its regional National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit, Order No. R9-2013-0001, regulating discharges from large and medium municipal...

DNA clears man jailed 16 years; meanwhile, ‘Teardrop Rapist’ committed more crimes

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

Convicted of three California sexual assaults, Luis Lorenzo Vargas argued at his 1999 sentencing that the real perpetrator was still out there.

“That individual that…

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Finalizes New Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

Effective April 1, 2016, acute care hospitals located in 67 geographic areas will be subject to the new mandatory payment model for lower extremity joint replacement (“LEJR”) services. Under the new Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (“CJR”)...

SEC Preparing to Move Forward on Accredited Investor Definition

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

SEC Chair Mary Jo White gave testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services. Ms. White stated the staff is “engaged in a comprehensive review of the “accredited investor” definition. That review and the feedback...

Lab tech indicted for identity theft

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

A lab tech working at a Las Vegas pediatric cardiology practice has been indicted on one count of illegal use and disclosure of patient health information and one count of aggravated identity theft. The lab tech had previously been convicted of...

Supreme Court Conducts Oral Argument On Spokeo Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

On November 2, 2015, the United States Supreme Court conducted oral argument in a case that will decide the question of whether violation of a statute alone, without other “concrete” injury, can give a plaintiff access to federal court. See Spokeo...

Non-Competes Must Be Supported By Consideration in Pennsylvania: No Exception Based On Employee’s Agreement To Be Legally Bound

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/11/15

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a non-compete entered after the onset of employment without additional consideration is not enforceable even if the employee expressly agreed “to be legally bound.” See Socko v Mid-Atlantic Systems of...

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