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Executive Contract Daily

By The Law Insider 16/02/14

Executive Contract Daily is a regular column that features recently published executive employment contracts from publicly traded companies and the baseline financial terms of each agreement. Douglas N.

Technology Makes or Breaks Employers’ Ability to Comply with Employment Law

By The Law Insider 16/02/14

Large class-action suits and multimillion-dollar settlements connected to employment law continue to dominate the news. Many center on alleged inaccuracies in the recording of, or payment for, hours worked.

What Do Copyright, Trademark Symbols Mean?

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/02/14

You see copyright and trademark symbols everywhere, but what exactly do they mean? Generally speaking, they put a stamp on your ownership. Each of these symbols provides notice to the world that you are claiming legal rights in the mark or work.

Mistakes a Plan Sponsor Should Correct Before an IRS/DOL Audit

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/02/14

I have been in the retirement plan business for over 15 years and I have met too many plan sponsors who don’t care that their plan isn’t being run correctly. What makes them eventually care is when they are audited by the Internal Revenue Service...

Should You Scrap Your Will and Start Over?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/02/14

When is it wise to scrap your will and start over? As you know, a will reflects a person's wishes for how his or her estate will be handled after death. But because many unforeseen events can happen after a person writes a will, in some situations it may be......



GM Recalls 780K Cars After 6 Deaths

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/02/14

General Motors is recalling more than three-quarters of a million cars because of safety issues linked to six front-seat fatalities. But GM also blamed some of the deaths in part on drivers themselves.

Textual citations make legal writing onerous, for lawyers and nonlawyers alike

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/02/14

Legal writing is notoriously dull, slow, cumbersome, obtuse, roundabout and pedantic. There are many reasons: (1) unnecessary jargon, (2) overreliance on abstract nouns, (3) overlong sentences, (4) overlong paragraphs, and (5) the failure to differentiate between useful and useless details.

EMIR FX Forward Reporting Delayed as ESMA Asks European Commission to Clarify Derivatives Definition

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/02/14

There has been another very significant twist in the somewhat chaotic implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) as the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today requested the European Commission to...

Opportunities for DTT Frequencies in the Italian market

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/02/14

On February 12, 2014 the Italian Ministry for Economic Development started a competitive bid for the assignment of the usage rights for three DTT national frequencies....
By: DLA Piper - IP Technology in Italy

Employer To Do List for the New Year

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/02/14

As the new year is getting under way, employers should consider placing these developing issues at the top of their to do list: Social Media Policies - Employers should consider reviewing and updating social media policies in light of recent...

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