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Deadlocked But Not Out Of Options

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

While not prohibited by the General Corporation Law, a board comprised of an even number of directors suffers from one potential disability. It can become deadlocked. When that unfortunate situation arises, there are options....

Eighth Circuit Adopts Novel False Claims Act Fraud-in-the-Inducement Theory Long Espoused by Government

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

On October 15, 2013, a divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rendered a federal False Claims Act ("FCA") judgment against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals ("Bayer"), based on a qui tam relator's...

Liability Insurance and a Plan Review are warranties worth paying for

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

The warranty in the electronics business is gravy for the retailers who sell it. You’ll be surprised how many people pay $20 to get a warranty on a $100 Blu-Ray player. When Best Buy was going national, they advertised how they wouldn’t sell...

Courthouses brace for 11/12/13 weddings

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Courthouses are readying for an onslaught of couples looking to get married on 11/12/13. In Kane County outside of Chicago, judges are performing weddings for walk-ins this afternoon, though weddings are usually by appointment on Tuesdays, the Daily Herald reports.

Larry Flynt joins with ACLU to fight execution of serial killer who shot and paralyzed him

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt has spent decades in a wheelchair since being shot on March 6, 1978 as he stood on the steps of a Georgia courthouse in which he was facing an obscenity prosecution.

Lawyers for alleged Boston bomber seek to lift restrictions on his communications

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Lawyers for the accused Boston Marathon bomber will ask a judge today to loosen the restrictions on his confinement. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claim the “special administrative measures” imposed by the government are hampering their defense, Reuters reports.

Would ethics regulators pursue Axiom in an IPO? Not likely, says law prof

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Indiana University law professor Bill Henderson predicts no shot will ever be fired to fight the nonlawyer revolution in U.S. legal services.

Death-row inmate wants to donate his organs to ailing family members

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

A convicted murderer scheduled to die in Ohio on Thursday is asking to donate his organs to family members suffering from kidney disease and a heart condition.

Another six SCOTUS clerks to join Jones Day

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Jones Day has hired six Supreme Court law clerks from the 2012-13 term, repeating last year’s six-clerk hiring feat. The law firm announced its new hires in a press release. They are: Emily Kennedy, David Morrell, Ian Samuel, Kenton Skarin, Charlotte Taylor and Ryan Watson.

Travelers may sue airline for alleged sex-toy prank, 5th Circuit says

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit against an airline for allegedly taping a sex toy to the top of a checked bag should survive a motion to dismiss.

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