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Where O’ Where Is The Board Of Directors?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

If you trace the path of an FCPA violation inside an organization, at a minimum, you will see a path of lost opportunities, oversights and omissions. If you see anything different, you may be looking at a deliberate scheme involving complicity or...

Regulation 64 and Your Property Damage Claim

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

New York State provides rules and regulations which prohibit insurance carriers from unfair claims settlement practices. Regulation 64 sets forth guidelines and timelines for the proper handling of your claim....

New HSR thresholds for 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Federal Trade Commission has announced new filing threshold amounts for HSR Act Premerger Notification Filings. On January 17, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its approval of new upwardly adjusted filing threshold amounts...

Creating a Culture of Compliance

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

In this article, I outline the key questions that should be asked, the answers to which will determine the extent, depth, and integrity of a culture of compliance. I am going to take you through a set of questions that will form the basis of a...

James Patterson on Marketing - “Hit them with a cream pie, then say something smart.”

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

James Patterson is the world’s highest-paid author, and one of the most prolific. But he got his start in the advertising world. Brian Williams called him “A latter-day Don Draper who rose all the way to the top of mega-agency J. Walter Thompson.“...

US Securities Litigation and Enforcement

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

CD: Could you outline some of the key trends you are seeing in securities litigation and enforcement? Has the volume of class actions in this area increased in recent years? Jeff E. Butler: One important new development is the announcement in June...

Could another client’s husband have shot divorce attorney? Defense points to two possibilities

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The government says Bruce J. Nozolino shot a Colorado attorney through the window of his Colorado Springs law office on Jan. 23, 2002.

Settling Pre-Petition Claims During a Pending Bankruptcy Proceeding

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

As we have discussed in previous posts, when a plaintiff or defendant in a pending civil lawsuit files for bankruptcy, the suit becomes part of the bankruptcy estate. Further, under § 541 of the Bankruptcy Code, the trustee in bankruptcy succeeds to...

International Disclosure Obligations: "Beyond FATCA" - Further Developments in the Laws On Automatic Information Exchange and Disclosure in the Wake of FATCA

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The U.S. information reporting and withholding tax regime known as "FATCA"[1] was signed into law on March 18, 2010. In the nearly four years since, the attention of international financial institutions of every variety, investment funds and their...

San Francisco Passes Fair Chance Ordinance Restricting Employers’ Ability to Use Criminal History Information

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

San Francisco has “banned-the-box” on employment applications and has added other restrictions on private employers’ ability to obtain and use criminal history information. The City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance...

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