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Grand Opening of openFDA.gov

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

Information is power, and as of this month, there’s a new power source of information about drug effects. openFDA.gov is an initiative of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand access to and use of reports of problems associated with...

Risk of Data Breaches Keeping You Up? Assess Data Security Before The Holiday Season

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

Data security breaches marred the 2013 holiday season for many consumers and retailers. The most famous security breach, at Target Corporation (Target), involved the loss of information on 40 million payment cards and personally identifiable...

Bullied Worker Wins $4.7M for Assault, Racial Slurs

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

A New York clothing store worker who was repeatedly bullied by a security guard was awarded $4.7 million by a federal court jury earlier this month.

Supreme Court Ruling in Bellingham Offers Comfort but Little Clarity

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

A unanimous Supreme Court, in Executive Benefits Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Arkinson (In re Bellingham Ins. Agency, Inc.), 573 U.S. ___ (2014), confirmed a bankruptcy court’s power to submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law for the district...

Lenders Across North Carolina Can Breathe Sigh of Relief - NC Supreme Court reverses decision in significant banking litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

In a case that has implications for all banks in North Carolina, the North Carolina Supreme Court removed a cloud of uncertainty that has remained over the North Carolina banking industry for more than 18 months. The Supreme Court’s decision in...

Obama Administration Announces Expansion of Executive Order 11246 to Protect LGBT Workers of Federal Government Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

Today, the White House announced that President Obama will issue an executive order that bans federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. According to White House staff, the executive order will...

I Caught Someone Copying My Website. Now What?

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

You just discovered that a new entrant to your existing market copied your website FAQs, but changed them a little. Your site has “© ABC Corporation 2009-2014? on the bottom. What do you do now....
By: Sands Anderson PC

FDA: Seafood Will Not Have Labels for Mercury

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

Imagine shopping for seafood at a fish counter and seeing a display on the mercury levels contained within the varieties of fish sold. In an ideal world, that disclosure would be transparent for pregnant women and for all consumers, so they could...

Navigating Foreclosure in States with 'One Action Rules'

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

Late last year, the New York Supreme Court decided 172 Madison (NY) LLC v. NMP Grp., LLC, in which it examined New York’s one-action rule, a complex and often misunderstood rule that can have huge implications for lenders providing or servicing...

Appellate Court Reverses Retroactive Amicus Attorney Appointment

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/06/14

In a suit to modify the parent-child relationship, the Eleventh Court of Appeals has reversed a final order that significantly restricted a mother’s access to her children, thereby allowing the mother to pursue a new trial....

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