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Obama’s European Privacy Headache

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Since the revelations of Edward Snowden, there has been a wave of data privacy repercussions in Europe. Snowden, the former CIA employee and US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, disclosed top secret NSA documents which revealed the...

Non-Trucking Liability Policies: Application and Exclusion

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Introduction - A policy of non-trucking liability coverage generally applies when a vehicle is being operated for a non-trucking use. If a driver is operating a vehicle in the business of a motor carrier then the motor carrier's commercial...

“Pregnancy” Becomes a Protected Class Under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Last week, Governor Christie of New Jersey signed the “Pregnancy Bill,” which amends New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-12 (“NJLAD”), to provide that it shall be “an unlawful employment practice” or “an unlawful discrimination” to...

OCC, FDIC Enforcement Action Targets Vendors’ Risk Management

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

On January 17, the OCC released a cease and desist order entered jointly by the OCC and the FDIC with two affiliated technology service providers that offer payment and other technology solutions for banks....

Millionaire convicted of murder is sued again to keep $13.5M unpaid judgment alive

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

In a lawsuit filed this week in Palm Beach County, Fla., the parents of a woman killed in Atlanta more than two decades ago have sued her millionaire ex-husband in an effort to keep a prior $4 million civil judgment alive.

IP: Subject Matter Conflicts of Interest in Patent Prosecution – Case Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

As discussed in the introductory article of this series, conflict of interest issues are a significant concern for attorneys. Patent practitioners have an additional layer of concern with respect to subject matter conflicts of interest. This type of...

Federal Court Orders Idaho Health System To Divest Acquired Physician Practice

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

A federal judge has ordered Idaho’s St. Luke’s Health System to divest Saltzer Medical Group, which it acquired in 2012. In an opinion issued in consolidated cases filed by the Federal Trade Commission and other Idaho health systems, Chief Judge B....

Prop. Regs. Apply ‘Delta’ Approach For Dividend-Equivalent Payments To Foreign Persons

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Section 871(m) was enacted in 2010 to curb the perceived abuse of foreign persons using derivatives — primarily notional principal contracts (NPCs) or swaps — to replicate the ownership of an underlying U.S. equity without such person being subject...

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. to Pay $25 Million in Settlement with Texas AG for Medicaid Fraud

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

The Texas Attorney General announced on January 7, 2013 that New York pharmaceutical company Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. will pay the state of Texas and the federal government a combined $25 million to settle the government’s claims that Hi-Tech...

The Sussex Vampyre And The ADM FCPA Settlement

By EsqSocial Corporation 29/01/14

Today I want to use the story of The Sussex Vampyre as the starting point for an inquiry into the recent Archer-Daniels-Midland Corp (ADM) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. In the story, Holmes receives a letter from Robert...

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