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New York Court Holds Claimants Had No Standing to Sue Professional Liability Insurer

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

In its recent decision in Commonwealth Land Title Ins Co. v. American Signature Services, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22172 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 20, 2014), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had occasion to consider when...

Serving Privilege Log After Denial of Protective Order

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

In this insurance case, the trial court denied State Farm’s motion for protective order. On Appeal, State Farm argued that the trial court should have conducted an in-camera review or addressed the objections to the discovery. The appellate court...

Study: Companies Often Don't Perform Due Diligence on Third-Party Agents

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

Third parties create a wide array of corruption risks for companies operating in the modern business environment. As a result, it is imperative for a company to learn as much as possible about all agents, consultants, brokers, advisors and others...

Is Edward Snowden a Whistleblower?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The Federation of German Scientists (VDW), the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) and Transparency International bestowed the German Whistleblower Prize upon Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA)...

Monsanto Files Complaint to Prevent Farmer from Harvesting Patented Seeds for Resale and Planting

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

On February 5, 2014, Monsanto Company and Monsanto Technology, LLC (“Monsanto”) filed a complaint in the Middle District of Georgia asserting willful patent infringement against a farmer (Christopher Ponder and Chris Ponder Farms, LLC – “Ponder”) for...

Increase in UK Employment Compensation Limits

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The maximum compensation that the Employment Tribunal can award for “ordinary” unfair dismissal claims will increase from 6 April 2014, as will the weekly wage figure for calculating statutory redundancy payments....
By: Dechert LLP

Fewer Class Actions Remanded To State Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The Daily Journal reported last week that new standards established by the Ninth Circuit in the 2013 case Rodriguez v. AT&T Mobility Services LLC have resulted in fewer wage and hour class action cases being remanded to state court....

Colorado Group Submits Another Anti-Fracking Statewide Ballot Petition For Consideration

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

Colorado voters may have yet another anti-fracking statewide ballot initiative to consider this November. The proposed constitutional amendment that was submitted to the Colorado Legislative Council on February 21 would insert language into...

Third Circuit Attempts to Untangle Defamation and False Light Invasion of Privacy

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

CaptureIn Graboff v. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that the defendant’s statement was not defamatory but was a false light invasion of privacy (“false light”). The defendant appealed on the...

FinCEN Issues Guidance for Financial Institutions Seeking to Provide Services to Marijuana-Related Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/14

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued guidance (the “Guidance”) to clarify FinCEN’s expectations as to how financial institutions (“FIs” and each an “FI”) will meet their compliance requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (the...

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