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Nonimmigrant Business Visa Chart

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

The chart linked here provides some introductory information regarding the different visa categories compiled by Williams Mullen’s Immigration Practice Group. Please see full chart below for more information....

[Video] FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 55-Interview with Luis Ramos, CEO of The Network

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

In this episode, I visit with Luis Ramos, CEO of The Network. He talks about the complete suite of products created by The Network to facilitate the compliance practitioner....
By: Thomas Fox

New Jersey Resolution Seeks To Give Public Employees The Right To Collective Bargaining

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

On March 24, 2014, a resolution (SCR96) was introduced in the Senate that would amend the New Jersey Constitution to give public employees the right to collective bargaining....

As Wind Farm Industry Matures, Environmental Opposition Grows

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

The wind farm industry has been the fastest growing element of the renewables in the US. Despite the political obstacles facing developers, on-shore operations are expanding, and offshore operations are expected to kick off in the next few years...

Watching the Creation of Memories from Inside the Brain

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

We all know the brain is the centre of human consciousness. The brain also controls all of our subconscious thoughts, as well as it acts as the processor for all of the body’s functions. Memories, too, also are formed and recorded in the brain....

Choked Out: Operation Choke Point seeks to eliminate financial services for “high risk” businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

Since early 2013, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has been formally targeting banks that service a wide range of lawfully operating businesses that it and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) consider “high risk.” The...

SEC’s “Neither Admit nor Deny” Settlements Continue to Draw Controversy

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

Recently, Judge Harold Baer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York reluctantly approved the SEC’s “neither admit nor deny” insider trading settlement with Ronald Dennis, a former analyst with CR Intrinsic Investors, a hedge...

Spring 2014 CEQA Roundup

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

It’s that time of year again – business mixers, the Giants in first place in the NL west, the school year winding down, the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, coastal whale migrations, California bursting with beautiful weather, flora and fauna …...

A Step Toward Credibility – SEC Wins In The Wyly Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

The SEC won a significant courtroom verdict Monday when a jury in New York returned a verdict in favor of the agency in the complex, high profile trading action brought almost four years ago against Samuel Wyly and the estate of his late brother...

GM Abandons Controversial Online Legal Policy Amid Growing Backlash

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/05/14

General Mills Inc. has recently reversed its controversial new online legal policy that had required certain consumers to agree to forego their rights to filing lawsuits against the company if they communicated with GM via its social media sites or...

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