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Michigan Election Law Amendments Will Require Ballot Language to be Certified Two Weeks Earlier than Previously Required

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Recent changes to the Michigan Election Law will require municipalities and school districts to certify ballot language two weeks earlier than previously required. Michigan Public Act 253 of 2013, which amends the Michigan Election Law effective...

Supreme Court of Rhode Island Declares Usury Savings Clauses Void

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

For public policy reasons, the Rhode Island Supreme Court recently held that usury savings clauses are void and unenforceable. In NV One, LLC v. Potomac Home Capital, LLC, borrowers who had defaulted on their note filed a lawsuit against the lender,...

From FCPA to Export Compliance: Avoiding the Slippery Slope to a Compliance Violation

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The second half of 2013 saw the continued expansion of FCPA enforcement by the DOJ and the SEC. The decrease in the scope of protections afforded to whistleblowers will lead to an increase in the number of FCPA potential violations reported to the...

Homeward Residential’s RMBS Claims Against Sand Canyon Dismissed in Part

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

On February 14, Judge Analisa Torres of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part defendant Sand Canyon Corporation’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint of plaintiff Homeward Residential related to...

Are Call Recording Class Actions Doomed?

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

In the past four years, droves of call recording class actions have been filed in state and federal courts across California. The gist of each is that a company violates the law when its customer service department records calls with its customers...

EEOC Files Claim Against CVS Over Separation Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The EEOC alleges in a recently-filed lawsuit (EEOC v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Civil Action No. 14 C 0863 (N.D. Ill.)) that CVS unlawfully violated employees' rights by conditioning the receipt of severance benefits on an "overly broad, misleading and...

The Cross-Border Perspective: Name Changes and Other Post-Filing or Registration Events Under the UCC and the PPSA

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

We are U.S. lawyers and don’t practice Canadian law. But we seize every occasion that we have to deepen our understanding of the differences between U.S. and Canadian law. Why? Because understanding the differences allows us to better customize the...

Update: Federal Government Aggressively Pursuing Health Care Fraud

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

The July 2013 alert, Federal Government Aggressively Pursuing Health Care Fraud, stressed the importance of self-audits for health care providers. With the Obama administration taking a hard-line approach to repeat offenders and high Medicare billing...

Detroit Bankruptcy Update: Plan of Adjustment Filed, Trial Set

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

Under the Chapter 9 Plan of Adjustment filed on Friday of last week, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr urged retirees to vote on a quick exit from bankruptcy by offering smaller-than-expected pension cuts. For non-uniformed city employees, Orr...

Pringle v. Adams - USCA Ninth Circuit, February 21, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 28/02/14

In October 2010, Bryan Pringle sued The Black Eyed Peas, music producers David Guetta and Fred Riesterer, and their respective music publishers and record companies for copyright infringement. Pringle claimed that The Black Eyed Peas’ hit 2009 song...

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