News

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Case on Federal Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

My colleague, Daniel Lee, followed oral argument yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of federal greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, and provides this analysis......

7 States Dominate Race Charges – Southern Charm No Replacement for Ethics and Compliance Training

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

Why do southern states in particular need ethics and compliance training? - The EEOC recently released fiscal year 2013 data on its enforcement and litigation efforts. The data totals EEOC charges by type of discrimination and harassment, such as...

New York Court Holds Claimants Had No Standing to Sue Professional Liability Insurer

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

In its recent decision in Commonwealth Land Title Ins Co. v. American Signature Services, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22172 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2014), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had occasion to consider when...

Serving Privilege Log After Denial of Protective Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

In this insurance case, the trial court denied State Farm’s motion for protective order. On Appeal, State Farm argued that the trial court should have conducted an in-camera review or addressed the objections to the discovery. The appellate court...

Study: Companies Often Don't Perform Due Diligence on Third-Party Agents

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

Third parties create a wide array of corruption risks for companies operating in the modern business environment. As a result, it is imperative for a company to learn as much as possible about all agents, consultants, brokers, advisors and others...

Is Edward Snowden a Whistleblower?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The Federation of German Scientists (VDW), the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and Transparency International bestowed the German Whistleblower Prize upon Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA)...

Monsanto Files Complaint to Prevent Farmer from Harvesting Patented Seeds for Resale and Planting

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

On February 5, 2014, Monsanto Company and Monsanto Technology, LLC (“Monsanto”) filed a complaint in the Middle District of Georgia asserting willful patent infringement against a farmer (Christopher Ponder and Chris Ponder Farms, LLC – “Ponder”) for...

Increase in UK Employment Compensation Limits

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2014, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating statutory redundancy payments....
By: Dechert LLP

Fewer Class Actions Remanded To State Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The Daily Journal reported last week that new standards established by the Ninth Circuit in the 2013 case Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility Services LLC have resulted in fewer wage and hour class action cases being remanded to state court....

Colorado Group Submits Another Anti-Fracking Statewide Ballot Petition For Consideration

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

Colorado voters may have yet another anti-fracking statewide ballot initiative to consider this November. The proposed constitutional amendment that was submitted to the Colorado Legislative Council on February 21 would insert language into...

Pages