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Can small firms compete with BigLaw for a fraction of the cost? Yes, if you save on tech, solos say

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Michael Lewis’s influential book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game has spawned a hit movie and launched a statistical revolution that has forever changed the way people analyze sports.

Are You Susceptible To The Employer Mandate? Diagnose Yourself

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Effective January 1, 2015, you could come down with tax penalties under the employer shared responsibility rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if you fail to offer health care coverage to your full-time employees and their dependents. These 5...

Prepare for the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Effective January 1, 2015, you could face tax penalties under the employer shared responsibility rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if you fail to offer health care coverage to your full-time employees and their dependents. These 10 questions...

UK Enters into Tax Agreements with the Cayman Islands and Other Offshore Jurisdictions

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

The UK and the Cayman Islands recently entered into an agreement to improve international tax compliance (ITC). Similar to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the ITC imposes wide-ranging UK financial reporting obligations on financial...

Court Orders Limited Discovery in the Form of a Random Sample (New Jersey)

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

McPherson v. Canon Bus. Solutions, Inc., 2014 WL 654573 (D.N.J. Feb. 20, 2014). In this putative class action case, the plaintiff alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act in the defendant’s hiring practices. The plaintiff filed requests...

Supreme Court Corner - Q1 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

OCTANE FITNESS V. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS* - Patent: Argument: February 26, 2014 - Issue: Whether the Federal Circuit’s two-part test for determining whether a case is “exceptional” under 35 U.S.C. § 285 – that it was “objectively baseless” and...

Update on the Mass. Bill Re: Divorce and Dating

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Well, here’s the explanation for all the coverage, mine included, of that loony bill out of Wrentham, MA that would require permission from a judge for a divorcing spouse to have sex with a new partner in their home......

New Urgency for Corporate Inversion Transactions (Quorum, March 2014)

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Corporate inversions have constituted an active and successful part of the M&A market in 2013 and early 2014, as acquirors have typically traded up on the date of announcement. However, there is now a new urgency for U.S. corporations seeking to...

Closing The Gap Between Privacy Policies And The Use Of Portable Storage Devices

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its Report of Findings from a year-long investigation into a significant incident involving the loss of personal data at the former Ministry of Human Resources and Skills Development...

Invalidating Means Plus Function Claim Requires Expert Testimony - Elcommerce.com, Inc. v. SAP AG, et. al

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Revisiting the issue of written description support for a means plus function claim, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity of claims directed to supply chain monitoring, concluding that the written...

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