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The NC Supreme Court Speaks On Fiduciary Duty And Piercing The Corporate Veil

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The best lines in Green v. Freeman, decided last week by the NC Supreme Court, are that "[t]he doctrine of piercing the corporate veil is not a theory of liability. Rather, it provides an avenue to pursue legal claims against corporate officers or...

Make The Time to Develop Business

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The 80/20 rule certainly applies to rainmakers — 20 percent of lawyers bring in 80 percent of the business at any given firm, and sometimes more. Why is it that some lawyers just can’t seem to make rain? Originally published in The National Law...

Labor Letter, November 2013: Extraordinary People

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The O-1A visa category is available to foreign nationals with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business, or athletics who want to work in the United States. These individuals are part of a small percentage of people who have...

The Mediation Process

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Why choose mediation? If you and your spouse are approaching divorce, you may be wondering how to avoid the contentious disputes that often mar whatever good memories exist of a relationship. The traditional divorce process involves settling...

Export Control Changes Affecting Aircraft Industry Take Effect

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

New rules allow some aircraft-related items to fall into categories that may make them more attractive to foreign buyers. On October 15, the Obama Administration reached an important milestone of the president’s Export Control Reform (ECR)...

Parsing the legal and financial impact from Detroit’s bankruptcy

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

What is the legal, political, and financial fallout of Detroit’s highly publicized Chapter 9 bankruptcy? That was the central question in a Nov. 7 panel discussion in St. Louis hosted by Thompson Coburn. Below are the issues discussed by Thompson...

Insurance Recovery Law -- Nov 14, 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

In A New York State Of Mind . . . For Expanded Vandalism Coverage - Why it matters: Property owners in New York with coverage for vandalism will be pleased with the Georgitsi Realty LLC v. Penn-Star Insurance Company ruling, which adopted a broad...

New CPSC Proposal Would Reverse 39 Year Precedent by Making Voluntary Recall Agreements Legally Binding on Companies

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Since the inception of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), voluntary recall agreements between the agency and companies conducting a recall (commonly referred to as “corrective action plans”) have not been legally binding on the...

[Video] Demonstratives in Post-Grant Proceedings

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Robert Greene Sterne, founding director of the intellectual property law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, discusses a critical topic in the current patent office litigation landscape -- demonstratives in post-grant proceedings after the America...

SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Small Business Forum

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The SEC has announced the agenda and panelists for its annual Small Business Forum on November 21, 2013. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the SEC (and via webcast), and will include two morning panel discussions. The first panel will focus on...

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