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Supreme Court of Canada to Revisit Bhasin and Contractual Parties' Duty of Good Faith

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently granted leave to appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District v Wastech Services Ltd., 2019 BCCA 66. The case raises issues left outstanding...

Second Circuit Finds an Implied Private Right of Action Under the Investment Company Act, Departing from the Third Circuit and Other Courts

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

In an August 5 holding that could open the door to a new breed of litigation claims involving mutual funds, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“ICA”) creates an implied private...

Trump Administration Aims to Reform WTO's Developing-Country Status

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

• The Trump Administration is pushing the World Trade Organization (WTO) to prevent advanced economies such as China from self-declaring as developing countries. • If there is no progress with the WTO, the United States said it would unilaterally...

Afternoon Briefs: Suit allowed over website’s bankruptcy-lawyer ban; judge resigns and ends case

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

SEC Proposes Amendments to Modernize Disclosures; Considers Requiring Human Capital Resources Disclosure

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments1 to crucial disclosure requirements under Regulation S-K, including Item 101 (Description of Business), Item 103 (Legal Proceedings) and Item 105 (Risk Factors) as...

Ethics Violations and the Rise of eDiscovery Technology

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

A Federal Court judge recently told me that when he asked the lawyer about the ESI (Electronically Stored Information) in his matter, the lawyer replied there wasn’t any. When the judge asked if there were going to be any e-mails that he’d be...

Get those contracts reviewed

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

I had a plan sponsor forward me a contract they received from their financial advisor on a previous plan. Rightfully, the plan sponsor was concerned that they received this contract out of the blue....
By: Ary Rosenbaum

Texas Trade Secret Law May Protect Free Speech, But Not In This Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

The Third District of the Texas Court of Appeals held that an action by an employer against a former employee for breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation fell within the commercial speech exemption of the Texas Citizens Participation Act...

New York State Significantly Expands Workplace Anti-Discrimination Protections

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

On August 12, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law significant expansions to workplace anti-discrimination protections in New York State. As we previously reported in detail, the new legislation includes numerous measures regarding...

7th Circuit allows suit over clogged toilets, unsanitary conditions in 3-day water shutdown at jail

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/08/19

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