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Gaming Legal News - February 2014 • Volume 7, Number 4: Digital Currency Identified As An “Emerging Risk” In The Canadian Federal Government’s 2014 Budget

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

On February 11, 2014, the Canadian Federal Government released its 2014 Budget. In the 2014 Budget, the Federal Government pledged to introduce legislative amendments to strengthen Canada’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime in the...

PA Tax Law News - February 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

In This Issue: PA Governor's Budget Proposal Preserves Capital Stock/Franchise Tax Phase-out; Shopping Guides and Inserts; Documentation Requirements for Sales of Fuel Oil; Property Tax Notes; and PA Issues on Appeal - Sales and Use Tax (Part 2)....

Real Estate Tip – “But I Didn’t Sign Anything”

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

In a recent Maine case, McClare v. Rocha, 2014 ME 4, the state’s highest court taught us how dangerous email exchanges can be. The issue is whether an exchange of emails between lawyers can create a contract for the sale of real estate that binds the...

Bank robber who used bedsheet rope to exit 17th-story prison cell gets 41 months for escape

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

A bank robber who used a rope fashioned from bedsheets and dental floss to descend from the window of his 17th-story federal jail cell in Chicago is now paying the price for his daring escape.

Could an Insurer’s Declaratory Judgment Action Waive the Right to Participate in Settlement in Illinois?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

An insurer offers its insured a defense under a reservation of rights and files a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment determining coverage. This is not an uncommon sequence of events, either in Illinois or anywhere else. But does the insured...

Utilities and Regulators Contemplate The Potential Costs Of Enhanced Physical Security

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

The security of the electric grid, both cyber- and physical, recently has received much public attention due to publicity surrounding a sniper attack on a California substation (see our blog post on grid security here). But FERC Commissioners John R....

NEP Announces Never-Before-Examined Initiative

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced this week that its National Exam Program (NEP) launched an initiative to “engage with” investment advisers that have never been examined by the SEC. Advisers to private...

Court Report - February 23, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. AbbVie Inc. et al. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. et al. 1:14-cv-00215; filed February 19, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware. • Plaintiffs: AbbVie...

School Bus Crashes: 3 Questions Before You Sue

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

After a school bus crash, when does it make sense to file a lawsuit? Some parents and at least one injured driver may be asking that question today, after a school bus crashed near Walt Disney World in Florida. The accident between a school bus and a PT Cruiser left......


Law firm won’t split $250K check with attorney’s estate, says his suicide voided fee-share agreement

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/02/14

After Ira Bordow committed suicide at his Wisconsin home last year, his brother found a $250,000 check from an insurance company on the front seat of the dead man's Lexus.

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