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Part 3: Local Counsel: Practical Concerns

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

When an attorney is requested to act as “local counsel” by an out-of-state attorney in a new lawsuit, the practical needs of the out-of-state client can be at odds with rules of professional responsibility and local rules that can sometimes expand...

Workplace Bullying and The Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

Could Jonathan Martin successfully sue the Miami Dolphins and Richie Incognito for workplace bullying? Probably not. - For one reason or another, the existing array of legal claims do not cover much of what would be considered workplace bullying....

Divisional Court Applies Supreme Court’s Guidance on Preferability and Certifies Claim Against Religious Boarding School

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

In Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College (“Cavanaugh”), a group of former students from an Anglican boarding school have alleged that they were subjected to systemic physical and psychological abuse to promote and indoctrinate them into the...

[Video] The FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 66, Visit with Virna De Palma from TRACE

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

In this episode I visit with Virna De Palma,Senior Director, Global Strategy & Communications at TRACE International, Inc.. She talks about some of the services which TRACE offers and details a new and exciting scholarship program for foreign...

Central Bank brings Exempt Unit Trusts into the AIFMD net, REITs may escape, SPVs exempt for now

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) issued feedback on 28 March 2014 to its consultation in relation to whether investment structures, most notably exempt unit trusts (“EUTs”), should be considered to be Alternative Investment Funds...

Aggregate Campaign Donation Caps for Individuals Struck Down by Sup. Ct.

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that aggregate campaign contribution limits for individual donors are unconstitutional in light of the First Amendment.

5 children drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

Her oldest child would have been 20 years old this year. Her youngest would have been 14, while the children in between them would be 15, 17, and 19 years old. Five children, all under the age of seven, had their lives taken in June 2001 by the hands...

Severance Payments to Terminated Employees are Taxable Wages under FICA

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

The Supreme Court recently held that severance payments made to involuntarily terminated employees constituted “remuneration for employment,” for which taxes must be withheld and paid under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). United...

The Modern Family and the Modern Estate

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

Practitioners Need to be Aware of Changing Trends - The removal of the estate and gift tax curtain is exposing what was always clients’ true concern: how to provide for the ultimate well-being of their families. No longer will the estate planner...

Pitre Car Dealership to Pay over $2 Million to Resolve EEOC Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/14

Albuquerque Firm's Management Directed and Encouraged the Abuse of Over 50 Male Employees for More Than a Decade, Federal Agency Charged - ALBUQUERQUE -- Pitre Inc., an Albuquerque car dealership on Eagle Ranch Road, has agreed to settle a...

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