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FLSA Revisions Won't Be Quick Or Easy

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Recently on Twitter, I commented that revising the FLSA regulations won’t be quick or easy. Speaking of Twitter, if you’re not following @WageHourInsight yet, why not? I find lots of interesting tidbits every day that don’t make it here to the blog,...

School Speed Zone Cameras on Long Island

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed the installation of speed monitoring cameras in Long Island school zones to deter speeding and as an added source of revenue for Nassau and Suffolk counties. The proposed pilot program would allow the counties to...

March 2014: Class Action Litigation Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Cy pres disbursements have become a popular feature of class action settlement agreements, but given the recent denial of certiorari in Marek v. Lane, Supreme Court guidance in the law of cy pres will have to wait until another day. Fortunately, it...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Activity: 2013 Year in Review and 2014 Preview

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

The 2013 calendar year saw several significant developments in the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) combined to collect in excess of...

Plaintiffs Can’t Evade Removal Under Class Action Fairness Act By Suing For Only Declaratory Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Over the years, the plaintiffs’ bar has used a wide variety of stratagems to try to prevent defendants from removing class actions to federal court. We’ve previously blogged about several of them. A recent Eleventh Circuit decision addresses yet...

Top Texas court blocks order that state must tell inmate lawyers about supplier of lethal drugs

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

A ruling Thursday by a state court judge requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to reveal the supplier of lethal execution drugs was temporarily blocked Friday by the state's top court.

Real World Implications of Forest Service’s New Process for Finalizing Records Of Decision

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

About a year ago, the Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued a final rule establishing a ?new and exclusive process for filing objections to certain proposed National Forest Service (“NFS”) ?projects and activities (78 Fed. Reg. 18,481 (Mar. 27,...

Core Issues - New Patents in the World of Apples

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

When one speaks of an “apple” and patentable technology in the same breath, thoughts naturally turn toward Silicon Valley and Steve Jobs’ storied company. Yet, in Wenatchee, Washington (the “Apple Capital of the World”), and the Yakima Valley, two...

Dogs in Danger Are Dangerous Dogs

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

Most people are willing to assume a certain degree of risk to help someone in distress. However, when the distressed individual is a dog, good Samaritans often fail to understand that the basics of canine and human psychology are significantly...

Fifth Circuit Rules for ExxonMobil, Ending Eight-Year Battle with EEOC

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/03/14

On March 25, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Exxon Mobil against an EEOC age-discrimination challenge to ExxonMobil’s practice of removing its corporate pilots from flight duty at the same...

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