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You want to arbitrate? You must authenticate

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

A recent order in the Middle District of North Carolina highlights a potential pitfall for defendants in the perennial cat-and-mouse game of enforcing arbitration agreements....
By: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Trade Secrets: What an investor or acquirer will want to know.

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

If you are thinking about raising capital or selling your company, one of the most important questions that the investor or acquirer will want to know is whether you own your IP. One critical part of this is protecting your trade secrets. If you...

USCIS Delivers On Its Promise To Conduct L-1 Employer Site Visits

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In the August/September 2013 issue of the Immigration eAuthority, we reported on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) plans to have its Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) unit conduct post-adjudication, domestic L-1...

JDB 049: Getting Real About Podcasting – Cost, Equipment, Time & 3 Tips for a Successful Launch

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Over the last month or so I have had a number of you reach out to me and share that you are in the process of putting together a podcast. I always enjoy hearing from listeners and can’t wait to hear your podcasts when they launch. Because it seems...

Successfully Defends Another Patent in Inter Partes Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The news has been dreary, to date, for Patent Owners in Inter Partes Review proceedings. In view of that environment, we are proud to announce that Harness Dickey has successfully defended a second patent in an IPR proceeding on behalf of its...

Employment Law 101: Bonuses

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

What counts as a bonus: There are a lot of ways to describe a bonus. For our purposes, a bonus includes any discretionary or non-discretionary payment or “compensation” to an employee outside of their regular hourly, salary, commission, or piece rate...

FRB Releases Results of 2014 Stress Tests

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The FRB released the summary results of the 2014 annual stress tests conducted by large financial institutions pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. 30 banking organizations participated in the 2014 stress tests. The financial institutions participating...

Delayed Restriction Requirement Does Not Result in Patent Term Adjustment for Divisional Application

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In Mohsenzadeh v. Lee (decided March 19, 2014), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute does not provide PTA to a divisional application when the USPTO takes longer than 14...

2014 Hotline Benchmarking Toolkit eBook.

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

In This Presentation: • What’s Happening With Call Volume? • The Repeat Reporter Story • Allegation Categories Remarkably Consistent • The Decline of the Anonymous Reporter? • Substantiation Rate Gets Better • Troubling Case Closure Trends...

Lawyer pleads not guilty to manslaughter, gets 15 days in jail for unrelated contempt charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

An Arkansas lawyer who hit the headlines last year after the state attorney general publicly admitted the two had an "inappropriate" relationship is back in the news again.

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