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Outsourcing agreements in the insurance sector – what you cannot forget!

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

The insurance sector is highly regulated and also outsourcing agreements in this sector are victim of such regulatory framework with stringent obligations in terms of contents of agreement, internal procedures and formalities to be followed....

Northern District of Iowa: Litigation “Reasonably Foreseeable” After Insured Accuses Insurer of Acting in Bad Faith

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

Meighan v. TransGuard Ins. Co. of Am., Inc., No. C13-3024-MWB, 2014 WL 1199596 (N.D. Iowa Mar. 24, 2014). The Northern District of Iowa finds that claim reserves and settlement information created after litigation was reasonably foreseeable is...

Workers' Compensation Alert: WC Board Appellate Division Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

In Bolstridge v. AGM Marine Contractors, Inc., Me. WCB App. Div. No. 14-14, the Appellate Division overturned a WCB decision which had found the WCB had personal jurisdiction over AGM Marine, a Massachusetts corporation. Bolstridge, a Maine resident,...

Health Care Reform: Beware of Litigation Risks

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

As almost all employers know, one of the many requirements of health care reform is the so-called employer mandate. The employer mandate generally provides that large employers who fail to offer their full-time employees affordable health coverage...

New Bedford Casino Developer Drops Legal Challenge to State’s Gaming Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

KG Urban Enterprises, a developer seeking to build a resort casino in New Bedford, dropped its legal challenge over a portion of a Massachusetts casino gambling law that gave initial preference to a federally recognized Indian tribe in southeastern...

50 for 50: Five Decades of the Most Important Discrimination Law Developments - Number 9: And Then There Were None”: The Story of the Rise and Fall of Discrimination Class Actions under Title VII

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

The EEOC made a name for itself in the early days of Title VII by bringing large “pattern or practice” cases. Employers were forced to reevaluate their policies to see if protected groups — frequently females — were being adversely affected. That,...

Court Rules That Crime-Fraud Exception Trumps Attorney-Client Privilege Where Patent Holder Made Series of False Representations to the Patent and Trademark Office

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. ("HTC") moved for a finding that this patent infringement action is "exceptional" under the Patent Act's fee-shifting provision which authorizes the award of attorney fees and costs to prevailing parties in...

Without Fear of Sanctions – GM Might Have Acted Differently

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

How the proposed revisions to the federal rules might impact corporate conduct? We are hearing unpleasant news about the way in which General Motors handled the issue of defective ignition switches, defects in gas tanks and the sundry other...

Recent Decision Reminds Companies to Use Best Practices to Protect Their Internal Investigations

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

The DC Circuit recently heard oral argument regarding a mandamus petition filed by defendants in a qui tam action. The case sheds light on the best practices that companies should utilize to increase the odds that the attorney-client and work product...

It’s A Dog’s Life

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/14

Governor O’Malley has signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 247 which many pit bull owners, and the Humane Society, have hailed for doing away with the Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision in Tracey v. Solesky, 427 Md. 627 (2012). Tracey imposed strict...

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