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FERC Amends Pro Forma SGIP and SGIA

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Reforms are expected to reduce the time and cost required to process small generator requests for Interconnection Customers while maintaining reliability, increasing energy supply, and removing barriers to the development of new distributed...

Cybersecurity Considerations for Public Companies

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Recent developments, including a barrage of cyber-attacks and revelations related to state-sponsored monitoring of electronic systems, have resulted in heightened interest by businesses and regulators about cybersecurity. The threat is real. Business...

Relief for harm incurred as a result of protracted judicial review must be sought before General Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

On 26 November 2013, the European Union’s top court, the European Court of Justice, gave a seminal ruling establishing the principle that a claim for damages for losses incurred as a result of excessively long judicial review proceedings before the...

Potential Limitations Placed on Unilateral Right to Modify Terms of Use

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Contractual provisions giving a website operator the unilateral right to change its end user terms of service are ubiquitous and appear in the online terms of many major social media sites and other websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram...

A View of EB-5 Program Issues from a Top SEC Enforcement Official

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

As participation in the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) Immigrant Investor Program or “EB-5 program” grows, regulatory interest is showing a commensurate uptick. On November 20, 2013, Associate Director Stephen Cohen of the SEC’s...

CMS Releases 2014 OPPS/ASC Final Rule - December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

On November 27, 2013, CMS released the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems final rule with comment period for calendar year 2014 (the “Final Rule”). Significantly, CMS finalized its proposal to...

GB: PoC Bill – summary of written evidence from stakeholders

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Following the Parliamentary Committee hearings last month, where the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill was discussed in detail, the Committee has published a detailed summary of the written evidence lodged by a variety of stakeholders....

Understanding the Difference Between Contributory and Comparative Negligence

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

In a car or trucking accident, contributory and comparative negligence are defenses that can sometimes be used to determine the degree of fault each driver has for the accident. They also affect how much financial responsibility each driver has for...

Rehearing? PTAB Mostly Says “We Heard You Well Enough the First Time…” – Part II

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Having considered the numerous requests for rehearing filed in relation to orders granting an IPR trial (HERE), we now turn to all the other orders relating to requests for rehearing, including the one order that actually granted such a motion....

Can I Make Support Payments Directly to My Child?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/12/13

Child support payments are set by each state as a means of enabling a child to continue to enjoy a certain standard of living after parents are separated or divorced. Payments are intended to cover the child’s basic needs, including educational fees,...

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