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California Court of Appeal Makes It Easier to Add Business Owners to a Judgment

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Individuals form limited partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations to limit their personal liability. These legal structures encourage entrepreneurs to take risks. The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, however,...

Using Biometrics In The Workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

In the past, employees rarely objected to having their picture taken for the company’s identification badge. But in this age of technology allowing for facial recognition, photo “tagging,” finger or palm prints, and other biometrics – even including...

Are you aggressively planning for retirement, or do you hope to work as long as possible?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Image from Shutterstock. This month, the ABA Journal cover story asks readers if they're adequately planning for retirement, and the ABA Journal Podcast addresses how even…

5 Tips If You're Subpoenaed for a Deposition

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Receiving a subpoena either in person or in the mail can be nerve-wracking, but being subpoenaed for a deposition doesn't have to be anxiety-inducing. To ease your stress, here are five tips to consider if you receive a deposition subpoena:......



Things They Never Tell You as a Retirement Plan Provider

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

I always say that whatever I learned as an ERISA attorney and the retirement plan business; I couldn’t have learned it in class or in a textbook. So if you’re a retirement plan provider, this article will have some short spurts of “wisdom” no plan...

EPA Conditionally Excludes CO2 Geologic Sequestration from RCRA Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

On December 19, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule revising the definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), to conditionally exclude carbon dioxide (CO2) streams from the...

HIPAA Excepted Benefits Broadened Under Proposed Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

The federal Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services have jointly published proposed regulations regarding amendments to HIPAA excepted benefits. Employers are invited to comment on the proposed rules and on the government's...

CFPB’s Preliminary Report: Financial Consumers Can Only Avoid Arbitration By Using A Credit Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Say it’s twenty degrees below zero outside, and you’d already seen boiling water turn into “snow” immediately upon making contact with the air, what would you do next? Assuming you were all caught up on your Words With Friends games, you would read...

Employers, Check Your Weight-Bias: Obesity, Disability, And The Broadened Coverage Of The ADAAA

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

A study released by the Center for Disease Control in August 2012 estimates that 32 percent of adults in Alabama are obese. Alabama regularly appears in the Top Five of the list of “heaviest states,” currently weighing in at fourth (behind Louisiana,...

Thinking Of Establishing Florida Residency? What To Consider Before Changing Your Legal Residence

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Many clients whose family circumstances and employment situation permit them to spend in excess of six months every year in Florida may elect to become Florida residents. The biggest advantage, compared to being Michigan residents, is that Florida...

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