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Higher Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications Effective February 24, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Higher thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 will become effective on February 24, 2014. The filing thresholds are revised annually, based on the change in gross national product....

Were suspicious fires at law firm and prosecutor’s office related?

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Authorities are investigating fires they say are suspicious that occurred within hours at a New Jersey law firm and prosecutor's office late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

"Government Enforcement: Aggressive Efforts Continue Around the Globe"

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Government enforcement efforts in 2013 produced major settlements of matters relating to the global financial crisis, high-profile insider trading convictions, near-record amounts of FCPA settlements, and new pledges of robust and aggressive SEC...

2014 Trends: #7 Have Perceptions of Gender and Leadership Turned a Corner?

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Our second post this week highlights the seventh trend from our whitepaper on the ethics and compliance trends to watch in 2014. We thought we’d pose this as a question because of the relatively quick shift in business culture around this topic....

Florida Appellate Court Construes Term "Legal Relationship" in Med-Mal Presuit Screening Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

On January 3, 2014, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal held, in a case of first impression, that a medical malpractice plaintiff’s direct notice to a medical provider of its intent to sue would also operate as notice to a physician who was an...

Supreme Court Defines “Clothes”

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Yesterday (January 27), the Supreme Court issued a ruling that defines the word “clothes” for purposes of a federal statute that allows employers and unions to bargain over pay for time spent by employees “changing clothes or washing at the beginning...

Trends in New Jersey Employment Law - February 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Appellate Division Roundup - In recent months, New Jersey's Appellate Division has rendered three significant employment law decisions. State v. Saavedra, No. A-1449-12T4, 2013 N.J. Super. LEXIS 185 (App. Div. Dec. 24, 2013): The Court affirmed...

Progress Report On DOD’s Adoption Of Renewable Energy Sources Shows Positive Signs

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

The Pew Charitable Trusts issued a report this month on the progress of the Department of Defense (DoD) in meeting its renewable energy goals – goals set over a period of years through various means, including legislation. The tone of the report is...

Rhode Island Regulator to Seek Legislation Imposing Licensing for Mortgage Loan Servicers

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

At the January 28, 2014 meeting of the Rhode Island Governor’s Insurance Council, Joseph Torti III, Deputy Director and Superintendent of Banking for the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (the “DBR”), stated that the DBR will seek...

For Whom The Whistle Tolls In 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Momentum for the SEC’s Dodd Frank whistleblower program is growing, and 2014 can be expected to bring continued expansion of the program and the number and types of whistleblower actions initiated by the SEC. The SEC’s annual report to Congress...

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