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Facing the Music: Hoteliers Run the Risk of Copyright Infringement

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

In the digital age, music is omnipresent and access is immediate. Hotel operators, eager to improve the guest experience and elevate their brands, are assessing and enhancing the presentation of music at their properties. But along with the rise...

Addressing AML Risks in the Era of Aggressive Enforcement

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

The resurgence in anti-money laundering enforcement in the last few years reflects the overall improvement in the banking industry and recovery from the financial collapse. Federal prosecutors and regulators have renewed their interest in AML...

Gear Up for Driverless Cars: Local and Regional Regulators Should Speak Out to Protect Their Interests

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

It sounds like the future, but it is right around the corner. For decades, driverless cars were reserved to the realm of science fiction, a practically unimaginable leap forward that would change the ways we think about transportation and technology....

Judge denies mistrial after juror faints during autopsy testimony

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

An Iowa murder trial over the slaying last year of a homeless man who was choked to death in a church parking lot was interrupted…

U.S. AG Sees Opportunities in Cuba

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

U.S. states continue to explore agricultural trade opportunities with Cuba. During a recent visit to the island to explore potential opportunities, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that Cuba had accepted a 20 ton shipment of Missouri rice at no...

US Special Purpose Vehicles’ Independent Directors and the Need for Fiduciary Duties

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

Essentially all securitization structures utilize a bankruptcy remote entity, a/k/a special purpose entity (“SPE”), to reduce the lenders’ or investors’ exposure to a bankruptcy of the sponsor. A standard feature of SPEs is the appointment of an...

Post-Tyson Foods, Defendants Should Take the Offensive in Discovery Sampling

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Tyson Foods and in light of the greater emphasis on proportionality in the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants can expect to see an increase in the use of sampling in class action discovery as...

Experian sponsors Ponemon study on data breach

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

Experian Data Breach Resolution sponsored a recently released Ponemon Study entitled “Managing Insider Risk through Training & Culture.” The report is quite timely in light of all of the recent successful W-2 phishing schemes....

SEC Adopts Amendment to Form 10-K Implementing FAST Act Provision

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

The SEC has approved an interim final rule that allows Form 10-K filers to provide a summary of business and financial information contained in the annual report. The rule implements a provision of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST)...

California Takes Another Stab at Disability Access Reform But Again Falls Short

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/06/16

On May 10, 2016, California Governor Brown signed into law a measure aimed at encouraging small businesses to come into compliance with construction-related access requirements. The law takes effect immediately. The authors of Senate Bill 269...

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