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Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Canada will begin regulating commercial electronic messages beginning July 1, 2014, under its new anti-spam legislation, commonly known as Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Under CASL, a commercial electronic message is a message sent by any...

New York City’s Human Rights Law — One of the Most Protective in the Nation

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

New York City has consistently remained a diverse, progressive place to live and work. The Human Rights Law of the City of New York was enacted in 1965 to protect this important aspect of the city. The landmark Human Rights Law strengthened prior...

Allowing Ontario’s Privacy Tort To Develop In The Health Information Sphere — For Now

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

In the 1980’s the Supreme Court of Canada pre-emptively ended the development of a common law tort of discrimination. The case, Seneca College v. Bhadauria, stands out as one of the lost opportunities in the development of the common law in Canada....

Seller’s Invocation of Force Majeure Under NAESB Contract Rejected by NJ Appellate Division

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

In a case of first impression that interpreted the force majeure provisions of an industry contract form promulgated by the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), Cozen O’Connor prevailed on behalf of plaintiff when, on January 9, 2014, the...

Silence Is Golden: Reinsurer Ordered To Pay Prejudgment Interest To Insurance Company’s Liquidator On Agreement Silent As To Interest

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

A New Hampshire insurance company, Home Insurance Company (“Home”), was placed in liquidation in 2003. When its reinsurer Century Indemnity Company (“CIC”) tried to claim an $8 million setoff from amounts owed to Home, the liquidator balked and...

2014 Labor Law Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

In This Presentation: - Detroit Manufacturing - 2013-14 Southeast Union Activity: ..UAW - Automotive ..Faurecia Northport election lost by UAW ..Continued UAW Presence at MBUSI & Nissan ..Volkswagen ..Other Steelworkers &...

Ahab Captures The White Whale: ‘In The Public Interest’ Defense To FCPA Enforcement

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

It is an axiom in the trial lawyer world that bad facts make bad law. The reason is if the facts are particularly egregious, most judges and juries will go out of their way to try and see that justice is served if not done. An example might be from...

The UMPC – Highmark Dispute: The Beginning of the End of Medical Practices Using Hospitals’ Managed Care Contract Rates?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Recent trends across the country have health systems buying out private physician practices and reclassifying them as hospital-outpatient departments. There are a number of motivations behind these transactions, the greatest being managed care...

Summary of Chairman Camp’s Oil and Gas Tax Proposals

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 26, 2014, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp released a discussion draft of the “Tax Reform Act of 2014.” The draft bill proposes a host of significant revisions to the Internal Revenue Code, including amendments to certain...

Lil Wayne's Tax Lien: 5 Lessons for Consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Lil Wayne is facing a tax lien to the tune of $12 million, stemming from years of unpaid taxes. Weezy allegedly failed to pay taxes for 2011 and 2012. For 2011 he owes a staggering $5.8 million. And for the following year, it's even worse -- more than $6.3 million,......



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