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New York’s Highest Court Allows Banks, Customers To Shorten Period For Wrongly Paid Items

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

On May 8, the New York Court of Appeals held that in certain circumstances a bank and its customer may agree to shorten the statutory time period under the state’s Uniform Commercial Code within which a customer must notify its bank of an improperly...

Five Things Marcellus Shale Producers and Midstream Companies Should Consider Following the Robinson Township Act 13 Decision

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

While Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is being reconsidered on remand and certain aspects of Act 13 remain unclear, oil and gas companies in the process of obtaining state permits may take some steps to try to reduce delays and...

What if the Apple/Beats story is fake?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The internet blew up last week when rumors leaked that Apple was preparing to buy Dr. Dre’s and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats headphones company for $3.2 billion. Steve Jobs never would have done that! It’s confusing! It’s brilliant! Amid the noise,...

Spotlight On Belgium: Trends In The Legal Landscape - Issue 5, Spring 20014

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

One might expect that, with this fifth issue of a quarterly newsletter, we would be able to rely on the cyclical nature of things and simply model this Spotlight on Belgium after our very first issue. This is not the case, however, as we believe that...

[Video] Schoenbrod: SCOTUS Ruling Helps EPA Deal With a "Stupid Statute"

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

May 15, 2014 -- David Schoenbrod, professor at New York Law School, talks about the recent ruling at the United States Supreme Court preserving the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate power plant pollution across state lines....

EXPANDED – BYOD: Where the Employee and the Enterprise Intersect

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

BYOD Yesterday And Today - The proliferation of bring your own device programs – or “BYOD” as it is commonly referred – has drastically changed today’s corporate workplace environment. Employees are availing themselves of smart phones, tablets,...

Housing Authorities, is on-site solar power right for you?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

In a recent magazine article, I listed several criteria for evaluating whether the time is right for installing on-site solar power projects on commercial real estate properties. A number of housing authorities, including the Philadelphia Housing...

Government Contracts Quarterly Update - May 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

The Government Contracts Quarterly Update is published by BakerHostetler’s Government Contracts Practice Group to inform our clients and friends of the latest developments in federal government contracting. In This Issue: - 2014...

Does Law Firm Pro Bono Come At The Expense Of Paying Clients?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

Pro bono has come a long way in the last decade or two. More and more law firms have effective, structured pro bono programs, and many corporate legal departments either have pro bono programs or are working on developing them. It's a particular...

Have you ever hit a home run with a blog post?

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/05/14

“Once I launched my blog, the money just started pouring in,” said no one ever. In the United States we are all about the moment: The game winning catch in the super bowl; The winning putt in the Masters; And of course, the game winning home run in...

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