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Patton Boggs axes 10 attorneys and 35 staff in second round of layoffs this year

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

As a possible merger with Locke Lord looms, lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs is laying off lawyers and staff for the second time this year.

FTC Enforcement Initiatives Spotlight Risks In Making Green Marketing Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an enforcement program to encourage compliance with the agency’s recently revised Green Guides. It has brought at least 12 actions alleging deceptive and misleading claims based on the Green Guides in the...

Canceled Health Plans Revived in Obamacare Fix

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Canceled health plans may now be revived under the most recent Obamacare fix. President Barack Obama announced today that health insurance companies may allow individuals with canceled plans to renew them for a year, The Huffington Post reports.

Poland: Proposals to allow monopoly to offer online games

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Pursuant to the Gambling Law dated 19 November 2009 (“Law”), the Polish government grants monopoly rights over number games, cash lotteries and telebingo. However, the Law does not specifically refer to the internet and the organisation of any such...

Alec Baldwin's Stalker Sentenced to 210 Days in Jail

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Alec Baldwin's stalker, Genevieve Sabourin, was sentenced to 180 days in jail -- plus an extra 30 days for making dramatic outbursts in court -- for a grand total of 210 days in the slammer. Throughout the trial, Sabourin -- a Canadian actress who had dinner with Baldwin once......

Delaware Public Benefit Corporations: A Brief Introduction

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On August 1, 2013, the Delaware legislature added a potentially important new subchapter to the General Corporation Law, allowing corporations to elect to be formed as, or convert to, a public benefit corporation (PBC) (Subchapter XV of Chapter 1,...

End-Users Seek Reduction in Base ROEs for Midwest Transmission Owners

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On November 12, 2013, a group of industrial and commercial end-users in the Midwest filed a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) and the transmission-owning...

CA Technologies to Pay $11 Million to Settle False Claims Act Charges

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On November 12, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that CA Technologies (formerly CA, Inc.) will pay the federal government $8 million to settle whistleblower allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act by...

The Entrepreneurs Report Q3 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

As widely reported, the aggregate dollar volume of venture financings held fairly steady from Q2 2013 to Q3 2013 (see, e.g., Venture Capital Valuation and Trends from PitchBook, Q4 2013). An analysis of transactions in which Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &...

State AG: Only a small fraction of stop-and-frisks end with convictions; NYC: Report is ‘flawed’

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Stopping and frisking certain individuals without initially having probable cause for an arrest is a controversial police tactic, albeit one approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Terry v. Ohio decision.

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