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Maintaining a religious-neutral workplace

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

About a year ago, a group of private citizens paid for a seven-foot-tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments and gained approval for it to be placed on the north end of the Oklahoma Capitol grounds. Not surprisingly, a Satanic group then asked...

The Shale Play Today - January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

In This Issue: - Pa. Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provisions of Act 13 - Midstream Remains a Hot Spot in Marcellus & Utica Region - Marcellus Shale Responsible for $1.14 Billion in Deals - Marcellus Shale Wells Produce Less Wastewater than...

Longtime defense attorney charged in murder conspiracy, has license suspended on emergency basis

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A longtime criminal defense attorney in Grand Forks, N.D., has had his law license suspended on an emergency basis Friday after being charged Thursday in a murder conspiracy.

How LIBOR Administration Change will Impact Financial Contracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

This month, the UK Financial Conduct Authority formally authorised ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) to assume responsibility for the administration of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)....

Requirement That Landowners Give Aircraft Overflight Easement Before Obtaining Building Permit Did Not Constitute a Taking of Their Property

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Landowners assert a requirement that they provide an aircraft overflight easement before obtaining a building permit constitutes a taking of their property without just compensation. The court of appeal held that the overflight easement did not...

California Energy Commission Implements New Energy Use Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

After several delays in implementation and enforcement by the California Energy Commission, California’s new energy use disclosure requirement commenced on January 1, 2014, for all non-residential buildings with a total gross floor area measuring...

Supreme Court Rules That Patent Owner Always Bears the Burden of Proof on Patent Infringement

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

In a nine to zero decision authored by Justice Breyer, the United States Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Federal Circuit and held that when a licensee seeks a declaratory judgment against a patentee that the licensee's products do not...

Overstock Case Could Alter the Landscape of Price Comparison Advertising

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A California court ruled earlier this month that Overstock must pay a roughly $6.8 million penalty to settle claims that the retailer “routinely and systematically” made false and misleading claims about the prices of its products on its website. If...

New York's Fair Play Act Changes Rules of the Road for the Commercial Goods Transportation Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act, which takes effect March 11, 2014, will change the commercial delivery landscape in New York by making it harder for companies to treat its drivers as independent contractors...

Employee Benefits Developments - January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

CASES - Court Finds Former NFL Player’s First Wife Is Surviving Spouse - A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit demonstrates once again the importance of divorcing your first spouse before you marry your second....

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