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Open for investment: How Mexico is paving the way for infrastructure investors

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

A step-change for Mexican infrastructure - Mexico enacted its new federal public-private partnership (PPP) law, Ley de Asociaciones Público Privadas (Law on Public-Private Partnerships), in January 2012. The accompanying regulations were published...

Not all offensive behavior is actionable

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

There are a lot of good reasons for employers to want to eliminate workplace confrontations. Disputes among employees affect productivity, make for an unhappy and unprofessional work environment, and can escalate to more serious acts. As long as...

H-1B Specialty Occupation Update: Time Again to File for New H-1B Visas and Government Scrutiny of Employer’s H-1B Usage

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The H-1B visa filing frenzy is upon us once again! Because of the chronic shortage of nonimmigrant visas for foreign workers in the specialty occupation category (H-1B visas), employers seeking to hire new H-1B workers must file their petitions on...

Medical Malpractice at the Dentist’s Office? It Happens!

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Many medical malpractice claims are filed because of an incorrect diagnosis or an improper medical procedure performed by a physician. However, malpractice is not exclusive to medical doctors in California. Things can go wrong at the dentist’s...

Streamlining Your Student Bullying, Intimidation, Harassment, And Violence Reporting And Investigation Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

As we notified you earlier this school year in a FR Alert, the recently enacted Erin’s Law requires all school districts in Illinois enrolling students in grades seven through twelve to have a policy on teen dating violence. The policy must include,...

Intellectual Property Alert: The Federal Circuit Upholds Cybor’s Rule that Claim Construction Is Subject to De Novo Appellate Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Feb. 24, 2014 — On Friday, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed 6–4 in Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., that its holding in Cybor Corp v. FAS Technologies is still good law. In short, patent claim construction is a...

SEC Recently Issued a No-Action Letter Exempting Private Company M&A Brokers From Registration With the SEC as Broker-Dealers

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently issued a No-Action Letter[1] that should reduce significantly the registration burdens upon certain brokers and facilitators....

With Cover Charge, Party Hosts May Be Liable in Calif.

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Social hosts who charge a cover to attend their parties can potentially be held liable for injuries caused by their drunken underage guests, the California Supreme Court has ruled.

Alabama Legislative Update - Week 6: Halfway Through the Session, Tax Bills Take Center Stage

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Last week marked the halfway point in this legislative session, with Tuesday being the 15th of 30 legislative days. Legislative leaders still expect the 2014 session to end on April 7....
By: Baker Donelson

Cyber breach insurance: What, me worry? - Part of counsel’s job may be to ensure that the department in the company that “owns” the cyber liability portfolio is aware of all the departments where an event could trigger that coverage.

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

One of us recently asked an in-house counsel friend in charge of litigation for a major company what questions he had about cyber insurance. His response, besides a blank look, was “I’m sure someone else in the company worries about that.” For him,...

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