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Is Your Confidentiality Agreement Legal?

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/02/14

Do you know whether your confidentiality agreement is legal? A number of issues can render confidentiality agreements invalid. Common pitfalls in such contractual agreements include overbroad, unreasonable, or unduly burdensome terms.

Which law firm is the oldest in the United States?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

Guinness World Records may be the pop culture authority on the world’s oldest person. But when it comes to figuring out which is the oldest law firm in the United States, Guinness is silent—but the Internet isn’t.

Argument Report: Illinois Supreme Court Debates the Scope of the Good Samaritan Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

Our reports on the oral arguments of the recent term of the Illinois Supreme Court continue with Home Star Bank & Financial Services v. Emergency Care & Health Organization, Ltd. Home Star poses the question of whether physicians who are paid by...

Health Update - Feb 20, 2014: Manatt on Medicaid: Medicaid Premium Assistance for Employer-Sponsored Insurance

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Medicaid expansion under the ACA has triggered a renewed interest in the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program, a longstanding option for states to use premium assistance to subsidize employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) for...

The Regulatory Agenda and the Board - 5 Key Issues

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act has been in effect for nearly four years, and almost 75 percent of the required regulations have been written or proposed. Issued regulations help to clarify requirements, but the climate created by...

Illinois Supreme Court Handing Down Bartlow and Evanston Insurance on Friday Morning

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Illinois Supreme Court has announced that it will file opinions in two civil cases on Friday morning at 10 a.m. The cases and issues presented are......
By: Sedgwick LLP

Structured Thoughts: Volume 5, Issue 2 - February 20, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

In This Issue: Opinions and Warnings – ESMA’s Views on Complex Products; SEC Releases Draft Strategic Plan; Distributing Structured Notes from a Regulation S Platform; and Non-U.S. Equity Underliers and Exchange Rate Risks. Excerpt from...

Comments on Proposed Rules Amendments (Rules 26, 34, and 37)

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

Mintz Levin compliments the Committee and supports the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because, on balance, the proposals seek to reduce the costs of discovery and litigation of document preservation issues while at the...

Newark Close To Becoming Next City To Approve Sick Leave Ordinance

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

On January 28, 2014, the Newark City Council approved a sick leave ordinance that would require most private employers in Newark to provide their workers with paid time off. If the mayor of Newark signs this ordinance, Newark will become the second...

News from Abroad: A Strict Approach to Priority Entitlement by the UK Court of Appeal

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/02/14

The Decision of the Court of Appeal in Hospira UK Generics Ltd. v. Novartis AG, [2013] EWCA Civ. 1663 was issued on 19 December 2013....
By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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