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Facebook Password Lawsuit: School Settles for $70K

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

A Minnesota school has agreed to fork over $70,000 for demanding a sixth-grader reveal her Facebook password. Riley Stratton, now 15, painfully remembers when Minnewaska school officials cornered her over a Facebook post and threatened her with suspension, reports the Star Tribune.

Ukraine Sanctions: Now There Are Three – Executive Orders against Russia

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

On March 20, 2014, President Obama signed his third executive order in under three weeks imposing sanctions against Russia concerning the situation involving Ukraine. Each executive order has a different focus, with a result being a set of economic...

Intellectual Capital Development for Technology Companies, Cost Effective Adjunct to IP

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

The term Intellectual Capital means different things to different people even in the technology space. For business planning purposes, intellectual capital should be recognized as more than patents, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual...

SNC-Lavalin at Center of Corruption Scheme Involving Jacques Cartier Bridge

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

Montreal-based construction and engineering giant SNC-Lavalin is at the center of another Canadian kickback scheme, this time in connection with the $125-million restoration of the Jacques Cartier Bridge....

Doing Business in Latin America and The Caribbean: The Bahamas

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an archipelago spanning 100,000 square miles extending southeast from Florida to northern Hispaniola. The Bahamas has an estimated land area of 5,382 square miles made up of 700 islands and2,400 cays. There are 30...

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Criteria for Applying the Business Judgment Rule to Controlling Stockholder Going-Private Transactions - Validates Procedural Safeguards of Special Committee and Non-Waivable Majority of Minority Approval

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

In Kahn, et al. v. M & F Worldwide Corp., et al., 2014 WL 996270 (Del. Mar. 14, 2014), the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that, when certain procedural safeguards are implemented at the outset of negotiations, a controller’s buyout of...

Sanchez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration): When to Stay an Appeal Pending a Decision by the Supreme Court of Canada

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

In the recent case of Sanchez v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), Stratas J.A. of the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s motion for a stay of the appeal pending a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Sanchez case raised...

Rating Agency Developments - March 27, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

On March 19, S&P released its methodology for rating CDOs of project finance debt. On March 17, Fitch released its criteria for analyzing RMBS under the Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage rules....

Registration Requirements Eased for Brokers and Financial Advisors in M&A Transactions

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

We are often asked whether a financial advisor or business broker may advise on mergers and acquisitions and similar business combinations of a privately held company in a stock transaction without having to register as a broker-dealer. Until...

France Tightens Disclosure Requirements for Large Companies, Particularly in Relation to Transfer Pricing

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/03/14

The Anti-Tax Evasion Act and the Finance Act 2014 have introduced an annual transfer pricing documentation filing obligation and new disclosure requirements for large companies....
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