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Interview With Brian Ching – Ideas On Engaging Your Compliance Constituency

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Last week I interviewed Brian Ching, the General Manager (GM) of the Houston Dash, which is our local entry into the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Ching is the recently retired star of the Houston Dynamos, our Major League Soccer (MLS)...

Hearing on New York DFS lawsuit postponed until May 12

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

We reported last week about the novel lawsuit brought by the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) against a large subprime auto finance company and its president and CEO. The DFS relied on Section 1042 of Dodd-Frank in initiating a...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Attorneys Fees in Two Patent Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Attorney’s fees were the subjects of two U.S. Supreme Court decisions today in high profile patent cases. In Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Highmark v. Allcare Health, the Court decided in "exceptional cases" reasonable attorneys fees may be...

Miami Projected To Become Technology Hub

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

The City of Miami is already widely known as the gateway to Latin America. Local business leaders are now looking to leverage that position to build on Miami’s role as a technology hub....

Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Today the White House issued the “first” report from its task force on sexual assault. The Report provides a number of recommendations for colleges and universities and is a “must read” for any administrator charged with any aspect of Title IX...

RFEs for Expiring Medical Exams

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Since at least 2004, in response to backlogs in certain preference categories, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had agreed to extend the validity of the civil surgeon’s endorsement on Form I-693 until the time of adjudication....

Freddie Mac Revises Miscellaneous Selling, Servicing Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

On April 24, Freddie Mac issued Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide Bulletin 2014-06, which notifies sellers and servicers of numerous miscellaneous policy updates. The Bulletin, among other things, (i) requires sellers and servicers to immediately...

Fifth Circuit Adds A Third Dimension To Title Insurance Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Title insurance policies typically contain a "survey exception" that excludes coverage for certain title defects that cannot be discovered without a physical survey. In some jurisdictions, insurers also offer to waive that exception for insureds who...

Chemical Purchasers May Be Operators and Liable for Releases That Occur During Shipment

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

Any company that purchases chemical products should be aware that it could potentially be liable for releases that occur during the shipment of the purchased products. In a recent New York District Count case, Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. (“Kemira”)...

Financial Fraud Actions – The New SEC Staple?

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/04/14

With the creation last year of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, the Commission is returning to one of its enforcement staples – financial statement fraud. Following then Chairman Levitt’s “Numbers Game Speech” in 1998 the SEC brought a...

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