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Soliciting a Prostitute: How Much Trouble Are You In?

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Ten men were arrested in Reno recently in a sting operation that targeted customers soliciting prostitutes. As part of that operation, two female undercover police officers disguised as prostitutes walked the streets over the course of five hours....

City Planning Commission’s Certification of EIR Found Improper Because City Council Improperly Delegated CEQA Certification

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

A city’s planning commission certified an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) for a city general plan update and recommended the city council approve the update. The certification and approval were not appealed to the planning commission but the...

Workplace Wellness Programs

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Recognizing that unhealthy lifestyles affect people of all ages, including those in the workforce, employers are using legally sanctioned incentives in an attempt to change behavior toward better and healthier choices through Workplace Wellness...

California School District Enacts Social Media Surveillance To Counter Cyber Bullying

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

In response to a series of cyber bullying related teen suicides that took place in Los Angeles last year, the Southern California school district has decided to employ a social media monitoring service enabling the school to take a proactive role in...

Pitfalls Of The Verdict Form And The Two-Issue Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

1. Florida’s “two-issue rule” generally holds that an appellant cannot show reversible error when an error relates to one claim or defense and the verdict does not reveal whether the appellee prevailed on that basis or another not affected by the...

Immigration Consequences Of A Guilty Plea

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

When someone who’s not a U.S. citizen is accused of a crime, that person’s immigration status is in jeopardy. A noncitizen can be removed from the United States by deportation or denied entry by inadmissibility....

Honor Our Veterans And Compliance In The Supply Chain

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Today is National Remembrance Day for Veterans who served their country and across the world. In the US we call it Veterans Day....
By: Thomas Fox

Milwaukee Police Chief Calls For Changes In Duty Disability System

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Several Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) officers have applied for or received duty disability benefits, claiming that stress from investigations into officer misconduct have left them unable to do their jobs. Since 2006, nine MPD officers have...

MPAA Wants Piracy, Copyright Curriculum for Kids

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Kids download the darndest things. That's just one reason why the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) wants to teach kids about piracy and copyright law, as early as elementary school.

Web tax, not just for Google

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

A web tax also renamed as “Google tax” aimed at obliging foreign Internet operators to pay Italian taxes is currently subject of discussion before the Italian Parliament and has raised considerable concerns also in relation to its potential lack of...

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