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New Jersey “Marital Status” Protection Applies to All Types of Marital Status, State Supreme Court Says

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

The New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination includes protection for separated, divorcing and divorced employees. The LAD prohibits discrimination based on, among other things, marital status....

Twenty-Five Years in the Construction Industry—We’ve Come a Long Way Baby, or Have We?

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

In November 1989, I was a second year law student interviewing with firms in Connecticut and New York for a summer associate position. During the Thanksgiving Holiday, I scheduled an interview with a small firm in New Haven. The firm’s primary area...

UPDATE: Massachusetts Gets Closer To Law Limiting Non-Competes

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

We reported in May that the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act, a new bill regulating non-compete agreements in Massachusetts, had made its way out of committee and onto the floor of the House. On June 29, 2016, the House passed an amended...

First Fatality Signals Bumpy Road to Autonomous Vehicle Development

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

Tesla Motors acknowledged in a press release last week the first known fatal crash involving a vehicle operating in semi-autonomous mode. The report comes at a pivotal time for the automotive industry, with states beginning to take an interest in...

Judge fines DLA Piper partner $10K after concluding he violated her order and lied about it

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

Blog: EIOPA launches pan-EU thematic review of market conduct in the unit-linked life insurance sector

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a pan-European thematic review of market conduct in the unit-linked life insurance sector. EIOPA hopes the review will cover at least 60% of each national market, in...

Delaware Organizational Meeting – Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation., et al.

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

Upcoming Committee Formation Meeting: Wednesday July 12, 2016, 2:00 PM - Case Name: Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation., et al. Case Number: 16-11556 (MFW)...
By: Cole Schotz

OFCCP Renews Compliance Investigation Scheduling Letter

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

On July 1, 2016, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced that it had renewed its Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing for use during compliance investigations. The renewal lasts for three years. In announcing the...

SEC Proposes Welcome Expansion of “Smaller Reporting Company” Definition

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

To the delight of many who have been lobbying the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) over recent years to increase the pool of public companies that can qualify for the scaled disclosure requirements available to smaller registrants, the...

NLRB’s “Quickie” Election Rule Upheld

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/07/16

Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision upholding the National Labor Relations Board’s “quickie” election rule. As we previously reported, the final rule, among other things,...

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