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Delaware Chancery Court Permits Shareholder to Bring Fiduciary Claim for Board’s Violation of a Stock Incentive Plan

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On November 8, the Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss a derivative action brought by a shareholder of Healthways, Inc. against the company’s president, Ben Leedle, Jr., and the board of directors for approving stock option grants to...

Florida High Court To Examine Exculpatory Clauses That Do Not Specifically Reference Negligence

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On November 5, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case examining whether a release clearly and unambiguously releases the defendant from liability for a plaintiff’s physical injuries when the release does not expressly reference...

M&A MVP: MoFo's Robert Townsend

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Robert S. Townsend played his mergers and acquisitions cards well this year and pulled in winning stakes for clients like Caesars Entertainment Corp., Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. and Intel Corp., earning him a spot on...

New Online End-of-Life Planning Tool Now Available to NC Citizens and Health Care Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

A new tool is now available for North Carolina citizens and health care providers that will help everyone understand end-of-life health care planning options and processes available under North Carolina law. The new website can be found at...

CFPB Settles with Mortgage Insurance Company for Violations of RESPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

The CFPB announced it had entered into a consent order with a mortgage insurance company following the CFPB’s filing of a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the company for allegedly making...

A Decision to Arbitrate in the Mountain State: The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Rejects Retroactive Application of the Dodd-Frank Act and Enforces Mandatory Arbitration Agreement in Residential Mortgage

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently issued a decision addressing mandatory arbitration in connection with a residential mortgage loan that will impact litigants in the Mountain State and potentially influence cases beyond its borders....

The Download - November 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

In this issue: - Senator Markey and Representative Barton Reintroduce Do Not Track Kids Act - House Bipartisan Working Group Continues Discussion on Privacy - Federal Trade Commission Holds Workshop on “Internet of Things” - Federal Trade...

The ‘September 11' attacks and aggregation – more than one event

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

In the UK decision of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Ltd v Heraldglen Ltd [2013] EWHC 154 (Comm), it was held that the ‘September 11' terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center were two separate events for the purpose of an...

Global Connection - November 2013: Secondary Boycott and International Trade

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

The Dispute - The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (“ILWU”) had a long established collective bargaining relationship with grain exporter Marubeni-Columbia Grain, Inc. (“CGI”), which covered CGI’s employees classified as grain handlers....

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- November 27, 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

Cohen v. G&M Realty L.P., USDC, E.D. New York, November 20, 2013 - In a matter of first impression, district court denies preliminary injunction under federal Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) to graffiti artists seeking to prevent destruction of...

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