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Mortgagee Remedies

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

When a mortgagor (borrower) defaults on mortgage payments, the mortgagee (lender) has several remedies at its disposal. The most frequently used remedies are a power of sale, an action for judicial sale, and an action for foreclosure. The following...

Mexico Energy In Need Of Expanded Financing Options

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has decided to cancel the $10 billion refinery it had planned to build in Tula. According to the Mexico City newspaper El Universal, the government’s oil and gas monopoly has not included the refinery in its 2014-2018...

CFTC Proposes Further Amended Position Limit Aggregation Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

On November 15, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) published proposed revised aggregation rules for speculative position limits in certain commodity interests (the “Proposed Rules”). The Proposed Rules modify standards for...

Energy Law Alert: California Cap and Trade Auctions Upheld as Constitutional

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

The Sacramento Superior Court has upheld the constitutionality of California Air Resources Board's ("ARB") cap and trade auctions in the related cases California Chamber of Commerce v. ARB and Morning Star Packing Company v. ARB. The petitioners in...

The “ABCs” of Vested Rights in Zoning

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

Recently, I spoke to a group of local government officials and staff and other interested persons on the history of vested rights in Virginia, the recent vested rights cases decided in 2012 and 2013, and the state of the law in 2013....

Are Corporations Profitable?

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

Do corporations make a profit? I think it is beyond peradventure that some corporations make a profit. But do most (i.e., more than half) make a profit? If more than half do make a profit, how many more than half?...

IRS Publishes Final Regulations on Mid-Year Contribution Changes to "Safe Harbor" Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

On November 15, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") published final regulations for making mid-year changes to employer matching or nonelective contributions under "safe harbor" 401(k) and 401(m) retirement plans. In general, a safe-harbor...

Medical Devices: a seminar with Confindustria Modena

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

Medical devices are becoming more and more important. Like pharmaceutical products, they are positioned at the intersection of crucial interests. Some of these interests are traditionally dealt with by IP rights. This is the case, for example,...

Jay Leno is sued over rat bestiality jokes

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

A former flight attendant who was ridiculed on The Tonight Show claims in a lawsuit that she was falsely accused of "engaging in bestiality and sexual misconduct with a rat." Louann Giambattista, who formerly worked for American Airlines, filed suit against the show, NBC and Jay Leno last week,

Short Wins - The Greg Poe Vindicates An AFPD's Reputation Edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/11/13

Last week's wins are below - and there are some great reads. But today, let's congratulate Greg Poe for his work challenging sanctions imposed on a fine career AFPD in the Sixth Circuit....
By: The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC

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