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Event in Review: Investments in Professional Practice Management '22 - Challenges and Opportunities

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

There are many things to consider if you plan to invest in middle-market healthcare professional practice management (PPM) businesses this year.

Fifth Circuit Triples Down: Filed-Rate Natural Gas and Power Contracts Can Be Rejected in Bankruptcy Without FERC Approval

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

In Gulfport Energy Corp. v. FERC, 41 F.4th 667 (5th Cir. 2022), the U.S.

Unimpaired Unsecured Creditors in Solvent-Debtor Chapter 11 Case Entitled to Postpetition Interest, Presumably at Contract or Default Rate

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

Perhaps given the relative rarity of solvent-debtor cases during the nearly 45 years since the Bankruptcy Code was enacted, a handful of recent high-profile court rulings have addressed whether a solvent chapter 11 debtor is obligated to pay postpetition, pre-effective date interest ("pendency in

Moving in unity – Hong Kong court does away with deed of contribution requirement in sanctioning guarantor's scheme

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

In Re Unity Group Holdings International Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3419, the Hong Kong court has for the first time sanctioned a scheme of arrangement that releases debts of third-party obligors that were guaranteed by the scheme company without requiring a deed of contribution. The Honourable Mr.

Fifth Circuit Embraces Flexible Approach to Countryman Test of Executoriness in Bankruptcies Involving Multiparty Contracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

Whether a contract is "executory" such that it can be assumed, rejected, or assigned in bankruptcy is a question infrequently addressed by the circuit courts of appeals. The U.S.

Democratic Senators introduce bill to close industrial loan company “loophole”; coalition of financial services and consumer organizations voice support for bill

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

Earlier this week, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced a bill, the “Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act,” (Act) that is intended to close what is often termed a “loophole” in the Bank Holding Company Act (BHCA) because it allows the parent companies of industrial loan companies (ILCs) to

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 21, No. 6 | November-December 2022

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

On October 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a long-awaited ruling on whether Ultra Petroleum Corp.

San Francisco’s Commercial Vacancy Tax

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

In March 2020, the voters of San Francisco approved Proposition D, also known as the Commercial Vacancy Tax.

Inconsistent Practice of Salary Schedule Placement for New Employees Can Lead to Equal Pay Claim

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

Rebecca Cartee-Haring v. Central Bucks School District, Civil Action No. 20-1995 (E.D. Pa.

H-1B FAQs

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/12/22

1. When is an employer required to file an H-1B amendment petition for a foreign worker? A: An H-1B amendment petition is required when there is a material change in the terms and conditions of authorized employment......

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