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Know What You Don’t Know: New EU AML Directive Requires Stringent Third Party & Customer Due Diligence

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

Over the past couple of years, the European Commission has been working on updating its nine-year-old Third EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive to accommodate new international standards and to address previous shortcomings....

All That Glitters Is Bitcoins?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

What does an Irish electronic repairman, a sheriff from Kentucky, and a Finnish software developer all have in common? They are all getting paid in the hottest technological trend since Al Gore created the Internet: the Bitcoin....

Cardiac Science Corporation to Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

Employee Who Filed Bias Claim Was Refused Severance Pay, Other Employees Blocked From Filing Charges, Federal Agency Charged - MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Cardiac Science Corporation, an international manufacturer of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology...

The Buck Stops Here – Senate Bill Takes Aim at E-retailers

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

After more than a decade of trying to gain traction on Capitol Hill, brick-and-mortar retailers could be close to leveling the playing field with online merchants if the Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act (“MITFA”) Senate bill proceeds....

New EEOC Developments Expand Employers’ Pregnancy Accommodation Obligations

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

For the first time in more than 30 years, on July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) overhauled its guidance on pregnancy discrimination issues—broadening anti-discrimination coverage and cautioning employers on their...

DIR Launches New Mandatory Registration Program for Public Works Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

The California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) has announced the launch of a new registration program for public works projects authorized by Senate Bill 854, which was signed into law on June 20, 2014, and became effective immediately....

Alabama Tax Tribunal to Issue Proposed Regulations on July 31

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

Last spring, the Alabama Legislature passed the landmark Alabama Taxpayer Fairness Act, Act # 2014-146, the modified successor to a bill long known as the Alabama Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights II (“TBOR II”). Although the lengthy legislation provides a...

Telemedicine: Many Opportunities, Many Legal Issues, Many Risks

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

Telemedicine touches on multiple practice areas for health care lawyers, such as payment and reimbursement, fraud and abuse, credentialing and privileging, peer review, privacy, consent, licensing, and regulatory compliance. Health care lawyers need...

'Tis the Season for Government Contracts: Five Key Compliance Issues for Retailers Selling to the Government

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

As retailers move closer to the end of the government fiscal year in September, ’tis the season for receiving government contracts. Federal agency budget authority for discretionary spending generally mandates that agencies either obligate their...

Request for Stay Pending Before Institution of Inter Partes Review Denied

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/07/14

US Endoscopy Group requested a stay of proceedings pending resolution of three inter partes review (“IPR”) petitions pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”). Judge Román recognized the benefits of the new IPR procedure as...

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