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Access to Justice and Lessons Learned During a Pandemic

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

Mediation can play an important role in improving access to justice during the pandemic and after.

Let Your Fingers Fly—At Least in North Carolina

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

As we discussed last summer, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a surprising decision that there was probable cause to pull over a driver in North Carolina after he makes “an up-and-down pumping motion with his middle finger extended.”  We thought the decision was wrong, and we praised…..

COVID, Mental Health, and Animals

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on our individual and community mental health. Even before the pandemic, 1 in 5 adults were experiencing serious mental health difficulties. Add the novel coronavirus to the mix, and collectively we have been thrown into a tailspin....

What’s the Best Way to Determine the Value of Your Real Estate?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

As with violins, real estate owners can obtain different documents regarding a property’s value. Licensed real estate professionals can provide several types of opinions regarding a property’s value.

Renewable Energy Update - October 2020 #3

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

Environmentalists and dam operators, at war for years, start making peace - The New York Times – October 13 - The National Hydropower Association and several environmental groups announced an agreement this Tuesday to get more clean energy from hydropower while reducing the environmental harm

In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October 2020 #2

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

Some interesting links we found across the web this week: From The Editor’s Desk: To Grow a More Diverse Startup Ecosystem, Start At The Seed Stage - Crunchbase’s first Diversity Spotlight Report underscores the extent to which minority entrepreneurs are largely shut out from participating in

Applying the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation of the Claim in Light of the Specification, Federal Circuit Revives Claims in Heart Valve Patent

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

ST. JUDE MEDICAL, LLC v. SNYDERS HEART VALVE LLC - Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim must be considered in light of the specification....

Exemplary and Record-Breaking: After a Two-Year Investigation, the UK’s ICO Issues British Airways with Its Largest Fine to Date (£20m)

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

When British Airways (“BA”) suffered a significant personal data breach in September 2018, just months after the coming into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), all eyes were on the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”).

Changes to NC Rules of Civil Procedure Involving Email Use

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

During the pandemic, the Chief Justice permitted service of pleadings and discovery by email only upon written consent.  However, beginning Oct.

First-Impression Decision Recognizes a Cause of Action for Common-Law LLC Dissolution

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20

Five years ago, we wrote about an important decision from the Delaware Chancery Court, In re Carlisle Etcetera, LLC, 114 A3d 592 [2015], in which a court recognized for the first time the existence under Delaware law of a viable cause of action for “equitable dissolution” of an LLC based upon the

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