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President Obama Announces a Proposal to Fund a Four Year Surface Transportation Bill at $302 Billion

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 26, President Obama announced a proposal to fund a four year surface transportation bill that would increase spending by 22% for highways and 70% for transit over current levels. The White House provided a Fact Sheet that outlines to...

Roll Out the Red Carpet: What Employers Need To Know About Dress Code Policies To Avoid Being Nominated for a Lawsuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

The Oscars are synonymous with fashion with viewers critically evaluating red carpet looks to determine their picks for the best-dressed list. But what happens when employers turn that critical eye to the slightly less glamorous realm of employee...

Court Throws Out Union’s Railway Labor Act Challenge to Employer’s Withdrawal of Voluntary Recognition and Rejection of CBA

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 18, 2014, in Herrera v. Command Security Corp. d/b/a Aviation Safeguards, 2:12-cv-10968-SVW-RZx, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that an employer’s withdrawal of voluntary recognition of a union and...

EBA Updates Single Rulebook Q&As

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 14, the European Banking Authority (EBA) updated its questions and answers (Q&As) on the single rulebook with the publication of over 70 answers on the issue of supervisory reporting including common reporting (COREP), financial reporting...

How to Reject a LinkedIn Request Without Embarrassing Yourself

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

The social web is all abuzz with a story today about a LinkedIn interaction that went horribly wrong. A job-seeker asked to connect on LinkedIn with the operator of a Cleveland job board. The response was not only negative but downright nasty. It...

California Replaces Its Limited Liability Company Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On January 1, 2014, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the New Act) replaced California’s Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act (Beverly-Killea), which was adopted in 1994. The New Act is intended to bring...

Court Orders Rogers to Pay $500,000 Competition Act Penalty and Provides Guidance on Remedies

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On February 24, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision regarding remedies in Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v. Chatr Wireless Inc. The Court’s decision provides important judicial guidance on the determination of...

Yale law students help file class action to seek benefits for thousands of Vietnam vets with PTSD

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Working at a Yale Law School clinic intended to help U.S. military veterans obtain benefits from the Veterans Administration, law students soon realized they were dealing with a bigger problem.

Part II: Is a Public Hearing Mandatory Pursuant to the Eminent Domain Procedure Law?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

Our first installment in this series on condemnation procedures detailed a key element of the process found in the New York Eminent Domain Procedure Law (“EDPL”) – the public hearing. While the condemnation process generally begins with a public...

Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation: Third Department Clarifies Scope of Recoverable Medical Monitoring Damages in Waterborne and Airborne TCE Exposure Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/14

On the heels of the Court of Appeals’ landmark decision rejecting an independent cause of action for medical monitoring in Caronia v. Phillip Morris USA, on February 20, 2014, the Third Department decided Ivory v. IBM. Ivory is noteworthy because it...

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