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Supreme Court Decides What it Means to “Change Clothes”

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

And you thought the U.S. Supreme Court only decided weighty issues. Actually, in the context of a unionized workforce, the Court’s decision in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. is a positive development for employers, but for employers of...

Another guilty verdict for American Amanda Knox in Italian roommate-murder case

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Updated: Convicted again—along with her Italian ex-boyfriend—Thursday by an Italian court in the 2007 slaying of her former roommate in that country, onetime American exchange student Amanda Knox wasn't there to hear the verdict.

SEC Chair: It Will Be A Busy Year For Enforcement

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

SEC Chair Mary Jo White outlined the 2014 agenda for the SEC in recent remarks. SEC Chair Mary Jo White, 41st Annual Securities Regulation Institute, Coronado, California (Jan. 27, 2014)(here). Portions of the agenda focused on technology and rule...

OSHA Seeks Comments on Process Safety Management Amendments, Other Standards

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Oil and Gas Production and Servicing Industry May Be Impacted - First, OSHA requests comment on whether the agency should amend § 1910.119(a)(2)(ii), which currently exempts oil and gas-well drilling and servicing from the scope of the PSM...

A decisive blow to net neutrality?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

On 14 January 2014, the concept of ‘net neutrality’ took a serious blow from the U.S Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. The court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s ‘Open Internet Order’ regulations which enshrined the basis of...

Defendant files challenge to warrantless wiretap powers

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

A man with alleged ties to an overseas militant group is challenging expansion of warrantless surveillance by the U.S. government.

Direct Evidence Of Discrimination Not Required: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Direct evidence of discrimination is not required for an employee to succeed before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Tribunal has decided. The decision provides guidance as to what evidence is required to prove discrimination....

Implementation of Temporary Iran Sanctions Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Last November, the group of nations known as the P5+1 (United States, U.K., Germany, France, Russia and China) reached an initial understanding with Iran whereby Iran agreed to accept limits on its nuclear program in exchange for limited relief from...

NLRB Withdraws ‘Ambush Election’ Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally withdrew the regulations it issued in late 2011 that would have dramatically changed the process for representation case petitions and pre-election procedures. Sometimes referred to as the...

2013 Year-End Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/01/14

We are pleased to share with you the 2013 Year-End Highlights Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team, a periodic survey, in addition to our Executive Alerts, which focuses on matters we believe...

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