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Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Case Law Update: Week Ending February 7, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

I. FLORIDA STATE CASES – SCOTT FEATHER - - Insurer’s Duty to Defend: order staying insurer’s declaratory action seeking coverage determination departed from essential requirements of law and caused insurer irreparable harm by forcing insurer to...

Deciding to Divorce: It’s OK to Get Cold Feet

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

Some of the heaviest divorce filing times of the year are February (after Valentine’s Day) and March. I see a lot of new clients but also quite a few clients who I had met with before, but weren’t ready to move forward with divorce when we first met....

Missouri AG Action Indicates Focus On Auto Service Contracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

On January 28, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a settlement with the owners of a vehicle extended-service-contract seller alleged to have marketed limited-time extend warranty programs for vehicles. The AG alleged that the company...

IP: Subject Matter Conflicts of Interest in Patent Prosecution - The Practical First Step

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

This article series is focusing on subject matter conflict of interest issues are a significant concern for attorneys. Patent practitioners have an additional layer of concern with respect to subject matter conflicts of interest. This type of...

SEC Not Kidding about Subpoena Enforcement Actions, Obtains Coronati’s Arrest

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

Here’s one of the questions I get from some individual clients when they receive subpoenas from the SEC: Could I get arrested over this? Well, no. First things first – The SEC has civil authority, not criminal authority. Unless the Justice...

Employer Shared Responsibility Final Regulations Offer Partial Temporary Enforcement Relief

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

Enforcement of the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been further delayed for employers with between 50 and 99 full-time equivalent employees and temporarily eased for employers with 100 or more full-time...

California Court Puts the Deep Freeze on Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Class Action

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

A putative class of plaintiffs filed suit against ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s, alleging that labeling several of its frozen confections “all natural” when they contained alkalized cocoa made with artificial alkali constituted various violations of...

Trying to Reason with Blizzard Season: Employers, Employees, and Inclement Weather in the Southeast

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

In January, a “once-in-a-generation” winter storm hit the southeastern United States. The temperature dropped to record lows while snow and ice paralyzed our cities and towns. Schools across the region were closed, with closures reaching as far south...

Do Misstated Financial Statements Cause CEOs To Speed?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

Should companies look into the driving records of the CEOs that they hire? Robert H. Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith answer that question in a forthcoming Journal of Economics paper. These authors examined a sample of SEC Accounting and...

Have you had your first social media breakthrough?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/02/14

Did you give up on Twitter within 24 hours of signing up? Did you share a first tweet that said “so, I guess I’m on Twitter,” and then never return? You aren’t alone. And I think I know why....
By: Adrian Dayton

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