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Coming Clean

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

Orange - There isn't a single dispute formula that will resolve all disputes before him. But with trust and honesty as parts of the process, cases are more likely to end in settlement, according to JAMS mediator Jonathan H. Cannon. ADR Profile -...

Time-Barred Claim . . . Or Is It? Supreme Court Agrees To Review Fourth Circuit State Statute of Repose Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

As reported on the Ogletree Deakins Environmental Law blog in July of 2013, a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERLCA or Superfund) , 42 U.S.C. §...

Ninth Circuit Concludes That Common Issues Do Not Predominate Where Retailer’s In-Store Signs and Oral Sales Statements Place Each Putative Class Member’s Exposure to Misleading Statements in Doubt

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

In Berger v. Home Depot USA, Inc., Case No. 11-55592, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 2059 (9th Cir. Feb. 3, 2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of class certification based largely on evidence that the defendant’s point-of-sale signs...

Summary Judgment Motion Denied Where Expert's Opinion Established a Triable Issue of Fact on Infringement

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

Geotag, Inc ("Geotag") filed a patent infringement action against Frontier Communications Corp. ("Frontier"). Frontier filed a motion for summary judgment of non-infringement, arguing that no triable issue of material fact exists as to whether their...

Understanding and Mitigating Liability for Workplace Romances

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

The recent life-imitating-art headlines featuring illicit romantic affairs involving senior corporate and governmental leaders remind us that there are legal implications to workplace romances. Once they become unpleasant or end (as some inevitably...

DEADLINE For Generators on Bonneville Power's System

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

For those companies owning generation on the Bonneville Power Administration system, mark your calendars for March 15, 2014......
By: Stoel Rives LLP

US Supreme Court Briefing of Greenhouse Gas Cases Completed — Oral Argument Scheduled for February 24, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

Briefing has just concluded in a matter before the US Supreme Court involving challenges to the suite of greenhouse gas (GHG) cases decided by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in June 2012. In October 2013, the Supreme...

2014 OIG Work Plan: Oversight of Hospital Privileging

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

The 2014 OIG Work Plan includes the following: Quality of Care and Safety. We will determine how hospitals assess medical staff candidates prior to granting initial privileges, including verification of credentials and review of the National...

Construction Injuries Deserve Full Compensation

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

Construction accidents happen in Pennsylvania every day. In the summer of 2013, for instance, a six-story building under construction on the campus of Temple University partially collapsed, severely injuring several construction workers. All...

AGCOM procedure for the approval of the guidelines for football media rights on 2015/2018

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/14

As you might recall from our previous post, each year the Italian Communication Authority (Agcom) starts a procedure for the approval of guidelines – as issued by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A – regarding the sale of media rights for the...

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