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How One Struggling Auto Company Used Chapter 15 to Protect its U.S. Assets

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Although its Israel-based electric car company had already filed bankruptcy in its home country, Better Place, Inc., the U.S. parent of the foreign debtor, filed for protection under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy...

Legislative Watch: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

A proposed U.S. Senate Bill has the potential to change the way in which intellectual property infringement is reported and enforced. U.S. Senate Bill 662 ("S. 662"), the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013, has...

Florida Bans Texting While Driving

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

You may be wondering why an article about the new Florida statute banning texting while driving is being featured on a banking law blog. Admittedly, texting does not have much to do with banking, but the new law should be of interest to anyone who...

New Jersey Homeowners Now Using Quiet Title Actions to Affirmatively Challenge a Party’s Standing to Foreclose

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On November 4, 2013, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Suser v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, et al. affirmed a homeowner’s right to file a prospective quiet title action to affirmatively challenge a bank’s standing to foreclose on a particular piece of...

Credit Law Regulatory Update – The Year in Review and What’s Next

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The 23rd Annual Credit Law Conference was held on 2 October – 4 October 2013 and attended by over 200 delegates from the financial services industry. The Conference provided an informative overview of key changes that will impact the financial...

Wills, Trusts & Estates Newsletter - November 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

In This Issue: - 1031 Exchanges with a Twist - Firearms in Estate Planning - Estate Administration 101: What You Need to Know to Effectively Administer an Estate Qualifying as Executor - Excerpt from 1030 Exchanges with a Twist: Now that...

Legal Alert: New CFTC Rules Provide Broad Enhancement of Protections for Customers of FCMs - But at a Cost

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On October 30, 2013, in a 3-1 vote, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) approved final rules that significantly strengthen the protections afforded to customers of futures commission merchants (FCMs). “Enhancing...

Why Is J&J's DePuy Hip Implant Settlement So Significant?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $4 billion to settle lawsuits over its recalled metal hip implants. Why is this such a big deal?

Mount Holly settlement approved; dismissal of U.S. Supreme Court appeal to follow

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

As expected, the Mount Holly town council voted last night to approve the settlement in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. Coming just three weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument scheduled for December...

Beware of Mixing IT Assets and IT Managed Services

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

In the early days of outsourcing IT as a managed service, it was not at all unusual for a managed services price to be all inclusive of assets, services and facilities. That bundle of services and assets usually came with a "black box" style pricing...

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