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Gender Equity Notice Must Be Posted By Covered New Jersey Employers By January 6, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

Federal and State Law prohibit discrimination in pay, compensation, benefits, or other terms, conditions or privileges of employment based on one’s sex. See Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the New Jersey Law Against...

Bi-Weekly Pay in RI - Finally!!

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

We alerted you a few weeks ago that while we were all excited about the prospect of bi-weekly pay, we were still waiting for the required application to appear on the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training ("DLT") website. It has!!...

Appellate Court Limits Illinois Power to Impose 'Permanent' Tax Residency on Inter Vivos Trusts

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

Under the Illinois Income Tax Act (“IITA”), an Illinois resident taxpayer is taxable on 100 percent of its income and a non-resident taxpayer is taxable only on Illinois source income. Until December 2013, whether a taxpayer was a resident or a...

Newer, Younger Drivers Easily Distracted: Study

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

A new study finds that teen drivers are far more likely to be distracted than older, more experienced motorists.

No Heat? What Are Your Legal Options?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

With a major winter storm lashing parts of the Midwest and Northeast, those stuck with no heat in their homes may be wondering if they have any legal options to fight the cold. The answer depends on many factors, like why you're without heat. For example, if a power outage......

End of the Road: Harsh Penalties for Drug Possessors

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

While technological advances have made shopping and communicating easier, they have also created black markets on the Internet where illegal drug transactions occur with a mouse click. These online criminal interactions not only create massive...

Internal Investigations Can Lead to a Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

As I have discussed in other blog posts, communications with in-house counsel that are not for the purpose of obtaining legal advice are not privileged. But what happens when outside counsel is hired to investigate a claim of harassment in the...

Minnesota Judge Rings in the New Year with Sunshine

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

On December 31, 2013, Minnesota Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman determined in a competitive bidding process that solar provided greater value to ratepayers than natural gas. In a first-ever competitive bidding process under Minn. Stat....

Who is to Blame When There Are Several Motor Vehicles Involved in a Traffic Accident?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

Three people reportedly died and at least 12 more were injured in one of the worst multi-vehicle accidents in recent memory along Interstate 10 near Picacho Peak and Casa Grande, between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The accident happened Tuesday,...

SCOTUS case puts focus on property-rights group

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/01/14

A Supreme Court case scheduled for oral argument this month is likely to raise the profile of the Colorado-based group that will argue for a property owner’s rights, the Mountain States Legal Foundation.

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