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Italy Regulatory Update 1/2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

In this update: 1. ITALIAN LAW 1.1 Primary legislation 1.2 Implementing measures 2. EC/EU LAW 2.1 Primary legislation 2.2 Implementing measures Please see full Chart below for more information....

Mineral Matters - Winter 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Introduction - Welcome to the latest edition of Minerals Matters and a slightly belated Happy New Year to you all. No doubt as you read this the holiday season seems a long time ago, but hopefully you had the oppor tunity to take some time away...

Financial Performance Representations

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

On Tuesday February 11th, the Charlotte Business Franchise Network met on the 15th floor conference room at Nexsen Pruet. The attendees, representing a broad cross section of franchisors, master franchisees, and franchise suppliers, were undaunted by...

Pregnant Employees Become the Subject of Heightened Attention and New Legislation

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Over the past decade, the number of claims pregnant workers have filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has risen by almost 50 percent, according to the National Women’s Law Center (“NWLC”). Most of these workers assert that...

Chrysler Jeep SUVs Subject to Two Different Recalls for Serious Safety Problems

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

This past spring, Chrysler announced two separate recalls of several models of its Jeep SUVs because of reports of accidents and deaths caused by dangerous defects. The National Health and Safety Transportation Administration (NHTSA) first asked...

Suing Slow Drivers for Damages

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Most states, including Georgia, follow a set of standards known as the Uniform Vehicle Code. One of the rules of this code is that drivers must keep right if they are traveling slower than the speed of traffic. If you suffer injuries because a driver...

Do Laws Have An Expiration Date?

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Last week, I wrote about a bill, AB 129, currently pending in the California legislature that would amend California Corporations Code Section 107. As I had pointed out in an even earlier post last May, that statute prohibits any corporation,...

Shale Gas in the UK: a year in review (a regulatory and policy update)

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Introduction - Shale gas exploration is now featuring in the news headlines in the UK on an almost daily basis. The positions of those for and against extraction of unconventional gas through hydraulic fracturing (“fracking” as it is commonly...

Road salt shortage provides lesson in federal admiralty law to NJ state officials

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Desperate to replenish the state's supply of road salt at the tail end of a brutal winter, New Jersey officials have arranged to purchase 40,000 tons in Maine.

Random Thoughts on the Heels of Another Cold and Snowy Winter Day…

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/02/14

Is it just me, or has the financing activity for early stage companies picked up recently? I don’t have any empirical data to support that observation, just some anecdotal evidence. We are working on several financing transactions right now,...

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