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WKSI Waivers: More Guidance and Not Everyone Agrees

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

As we discussed here, on March 12, 2014, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revised its previous guidance on granting waivers to well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs) to continue to qualify as WKSIs...

More falcons join courthouse nesting trend; baby birds may hatch in Ohio clock tower by end of month

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

Two peregrine falcons have taken up residence in an Ohio courthouse whose clock tower is the highest spot in Ottawa County.

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Local Governments May Open Meetings With Sectarian Prayer

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

The 5-4 decision found that Town of Greece’s prayer practice is consistent with practices long permitted in American legislative assemblies. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that it is constitutional for a town board to begin its monthly meeting...

Royal Charter Appeal Dismissed

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

On 18 March 2013, the government, following the recommendations of the Leveson report, proposed a Royal Charter on press regulation. The Press Standards Board of Finance Limited (PressBoF), the body charged with raising a levy on the newspaper...

Vermont Senate OKs Chemicals Bill

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

On May 5, 2014, the Vermont Senate gave final approval to a bill that would ramp up regulatory scrutiny of the chemicals found in children’s products. The bill, S.239, gives the Vermont Department of Health the authority to require manufacturers to...

Ifrah Law Report: Johns Hopkins Symposium on Social Costs of Mass Incarceration

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

On April 28, 2014, Ifrah Law attorneys Jeff Hamlin and Casselle Smith attended a symposium on incarceration presented by The Johns Hopkins University and its Urban Health Institute. The day–long program focused on adverse impacts of mass...

When Can Twelve Turn into Twenty-Four? Calculation of FMLA Leave for Vessel-Based Employees

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) ensures an employee the ability to take leave and return to work within twelve “workweeks” of a qualifying event. Employers that do not honor the protections of the FMLA risk a lawsuit from the employee or...

Homeland Security Issues Proposals to Attract/Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

Proposed regulations would grant employment authorization to qualifying H-4 nonimmigrants; apply a 240-day extension of employment authorization to timely filed requests for extensions of stay for E-3, H-1B1, and CW-1 nonimmigrants; and allow...

Texas Supreme Court Issues Opinion with Implications for Power Purchase Agreements

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

The Texas Supreme Court recently issued an opinion with implications for negotiating terms in power purchase agreements in the renewable energy market. In FPL Energy LLC, et al. v. TXU Portfolio Management Co., LP, the Court examined the nature of...

Bankruptcy Trustee’s Action For Crop Reinsurance Proceeds Is Time-Barred

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/05/14

A federal district court has held that a bankruptcy trustee’s action to compel payment of crop insurance proceeds is time-barred by virtue of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA) and the insurance policies’ arbitration provisions....

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