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South Carolina Legislative Update - March 24, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

A House panel advanced a bill that would require some DUI offenders to drive with an interlock device that will not allow the engine to start if they have been drinking....
By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Equity capital markets in the United States: regulatory overview

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

What are the main equity markets/exchanges in your jurisdiction? Outline the main market activity and deals in the past year. Main equity markets/exchanges - The primary US public equity markets are the following: ..New York Stock Exchange...

UK Budget 2014: corporate, finance and real estate tax highlights

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

We set out below a summary of key items of interest announced by the UK’s Chancellor in the Budget on 19 March 2014 relating to businesses, corporate and finance taxation and real estate taxation. Much of what was announced had already been trailed...

New Bill Would Suspend Interest Payments On Mortgages For Employees Aggrieved By Violations Of The New Jersey WARN Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

On February 25, 2014, a bill was introduced and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee that would allow employees to suspend payment of interest on their mortgages if they were affected by a violation of the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job...

M&F Worldwide: Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Business Judgment Review In Controlling Stockholder Transaction

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

When a controlling stockholder’s buyout of a company has been challenged by minority stockholders, Delaware courts have generally subjected the transaction to entire fairness review, the most rigorous standard of review in corporate law....

Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Standing in Lanham Act False Advertising Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split on the crucial issue of who has standing to sue for false advertising under the Lanham Act. In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Scalia, the Court held that to have standing, a plaintiff...

The Applicability of Pennsylvania’s Mechanics Lien Law to Oil and Gas Well and Pipeline Construction Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

The owner and contractors on a construction project usually anticipate that all parties will be properly paid for work performed. In reality, however, it is not uncommon for issues to arise related to the payment of a contractor and its...

Illinois Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Insurer on “Vexatious and Unreasonable” Claim by Insured

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

In One Place Condominium, LLC v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33974 (N.D. Ill. March 17, 2014), plaintiffs One Place Condominium LLC, The South Loop Shops LLC, Southblock Development LLC, C&K Partnership, and...

The Best ACC Conference Giveaways. Part One

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

I was speaking at a Meritas conference a little while ago, which was timed to coincide with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) annual conference. We’d designed Meritas’s new booth, so we went to see it in action....

Retaliating Against a Nuclear Power Whistleblower

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/03/14

From the recent reports of retaliatory acts against whistleblowers, some wonder if the protections under the Dodd-Frank Act proscribing retribution against tipsters are known to companies and government offices. Regardless of whether a company...

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