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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...

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...

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