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Poland: Proposals to allow monopoly to offer online games

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Pursuant to the Gambling Law dated 19 November 2009 (“Law”), the Polish government grants monopoly rights over number games, cash lotteries and telebingo. However, the Law does not specifically refer to the internet and the organisation of any such...

Alec Baldwin's Stalker Sentenced to 210 Days in Jail

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Alec Baldwin's stalker, Genevieve Sabourin, was sentenced to 180 days in jail -- plus an extra 30 days for making dramatic outbursts in court -- for a grand total of 210 days in the slammer. Throughout the trial, Sabourin -- a Canadian actress who had dinner with Baldwin once......

Delaware Public Benefit Corporations: A Brief Introduction

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On August 1, 2013, the Delaware legislature added a potentially important new subchapter to the General Corporation Law, allowing corporations to elect to be formed as, or convert to, a public benefit corporation (PBC) (Subchapter XV of Chapter 1,...

End-Users Seek Reduction in Base ROEs for Midwest Transmission Owners

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On November 12, 2013, a group of industrial and commercial end-users in the Midwest filed a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and the transmission-owning...

CA Technologies to Pay $11 Million to Settle False Claims Act Charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On November 12, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that CA Technologies (formerly CA, Inc.) will pay the federal government $8 million to settle whistleblower allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act by...

The Entrepreneurs Report Q3 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

As widely reported, the aggregate dollar volume of venture financings held fairly steady from Q2 2013 to Q3 2013 (see, e.g., Venture Capital Valuation and Trends from PitchBook, Q4 2013). An analysis of transactions in which Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &...

State AG: Only a small fraction of stop-and-frisks end with convictions; NYC: Report is ‘flawed’

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Stopping and frisking certain individuals without initially having probable cause for an arrest is a controversial police tactic, albeit one approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Terry v. Ohio decision.

The end of trans fats? FDA issues Tentative Determination on trans fats in processed foods

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a Federal Register notice with its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized...

“Red Flags” Of Market Manipulation And Effective Compliance Programs

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Last week current and former supervisory personnel in the Enforcement Divisions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission spoke – at an Energy Bar luncheon – about (1) the “red flags” of possible...

My Eyeglasses Broke During A Workplace Accident. Can I File A New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Claim?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

An accident that breaks bones or causes other injuries certainly has the capacity to damage items on your person as well. Of course, your employer has the discretion to replace a valued piece of jewelry or your favorite pair of shoes, but it is not...

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