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IRS Reduces Built-in Gains Tax Period for REITs to Five Years

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

One of the key benefits of a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is that it is effectively a pass through entity for income tax purposes. While a REIT pays tax on its taxable income, it also receives a dividends paid deduction on dividend...

Charlotte School of Law vows to fight Dept. of Ed’s ‘final’ ruling denying student financial aid

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

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Florida School Board Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Case with U.S. Department of Justice

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

The Palm Beach County School Board (“School Board”) recently settled a lawsuit brought by the United States Justice Department alleging that a local school’s principal unlawfully demoted an assistant principal after she became pregnant with twins....

WORM Out, Blockchain In: The CFTC Proposes to Modernize Recordkeeping Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

On January 12, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed to amend its recordkeeping requirements set forth in Regulation 1.31. The CFTC’s proposed amendments are intended to implement advances in information technology and adopt...

NY Bankruptcy Court Trumps Insurers Seeking to Compel Arbitration

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently held a group of insurers in contempt for violating a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) aimed at preventing the insurers from using a Bermuda Court to block litigation...

Recent Legislation Offers Small Employers a New HRA Option

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

A health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) is a funding arrangement under which employers fund health care expenses for their employees on a pre-tax basis. Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), HRAs were popular among small employers as a cheap and...

Unfair Contract Terms with Small Businesses: Implications for the Construction Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

The unfair contract term prohibitions in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) were recently extended to cover standard form contracts with small businesses. The new law provides for unfair contract terms to be declared void and...

Los contratos gubernamentales promueven cada vez más los objetivos relacionados con las políticas laborales

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

El año pasado, el gobierno federal implementó varias normas que exigen que sus contratistas cumplan con ciertos requisitos de trabajo justo. Por ejemplo, una norma federal finalizada en el mes de septiembre exige que los contratistas federales...

What's in a Name? A Four-Letter Suffix to Be FDA Compliant

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

The BPCIA and the Debate Over Naming Biosimilars - Most drugs on the market today are small-molecule compounds with active pharmaceutical ingredients that can be duplicated to create “generic” drugs. It is impossible, however, to create an exact...

Employer Exposure Increases: Emotional Distress Damages in FLSA Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/17

The number of federal courts allowing plaintiffs to recover emotional distress damages in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) retaliation cases is expanding, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last month joining two other circuits that have...

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