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In Flight Catalog: Senator Rockefeller Opens Inquiry Into Consumer Data Practices by Airlines

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

Last week, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) sent a letter to the top ten revenue generating passenger airlines in the United States, opening an inquiry into their practices related to charging additional fees for optional services and the collection...

CFPB extends remittance transfer rule depository institutions exception and finalizes other revisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

The CFPB has issued a final rule that extends for five years (until July 21, 2020) the temporary exception in its remittance transfer rule that allows insured depository institutions to estimate fees and exchange rates in certain circumstances. The...

Bad Faith Sentinel - August 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

In This Issue: - Northern District of Texas Dismisses Bad Faith Claims in Well-Control Policy Dispute - District of South Dakota: Denying a Claim for Reasons Known to be False is Not a Reasonable Basis to Deny a Claim - Northern District...

Colorado State Court Strikes Down a Second City-Wide Fracking Ban

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

A Colorado state judge recently struck down a city’s voter-approved moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” This marks the second time a Colorado judge has quashed a city’s fracking ban within a matter of two weeks....

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

Financial Stability Board Publishes Responses to Consultation on Proposed Reforms of the Forex Market - On August 20, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published responses to its consultation in respect of proposed reforms in the forex market....

Lawyer is suspended in third state after police standoff

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

A third state has temporarily suspended a West Virginia lawyer accused of firing his gun during a standoff with police. Kentucky temporarily suspended lawyer Mark Bramble on Aug.

Lawyer seeks return of his wine collection seized in liquor investigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

A lawyer accused of selling expensive wines from his home in violation of Pennsylvania’s strict liquor laws is seeking the return of seized bottles worth an estimated $125,000. Arthur Goldman was nabbed after selling wine to an undercover cop, the Wall Street Journal (sub.

The Monsters of the Digital Age

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/14

Like the beasts of Tolkien’s imagination, digital trolls skulk around the internet shrouded in anonymity, unprovoked yet fiercely attacking the unwary. These trolls are individuals who use anonymous screen names to post deliberately inflammatory or...

China Grants First Patents to Graphical User Interface Designs

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/14

The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China has issued the first four design patents protecting graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The patents issued were filed by Beijing Qiyi Century Science & Technology Co.,LTD., Keniu Network Technology...

Ahead of the Curve: Three Big Innovators in BigLaw

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/14

Nashville, TN. It is time to put down the broad brush used to paint BigLaw as inefficient and out of touch. At least for me, that is the big takeaway from the 2014 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference, which took place this...

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