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After a Tornado, 10 Tips for Insurance Claims

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

After more than 80 tornadoes ravaged the Midwest and killed eight people on Sunday, homeowners will soon file insurance claims to begin the long process of piecing their lives back together.

PlayStation 4 Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

A deal for the sale of a new PS4 video game console ended in a shootout Sunday afternoon in Florida, leaving one man dead and another in the hospital. Emmanuel Johnson, 25, died in a "shootout" in what Orlando police believe was a conflict between two men over the sale......

Serial killer who may have slain 22 people compares himself to Jesus, hopes for execution stay

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

Joseph Paul Franklin says he thinks differently now, after 30 years in prison, than he did when he killed "approximately" 22 people in an effort to start a race war.

Some Firings Based on Social Media Use May Be Okay

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

In early November, an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board dismissed a complaint filed against an employer, finding that the employer did not violate the National Labor Relations Act by withdrawing rehire offers from two...

California Department of Conservation Issues Notice of Proposed Regulations Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

On November 15, 2013 the California Department of Conservation issued notice of proposed regulations regarding the use of well stimulation in oil and gas production. Well stimulation is a short term and non-continual process designed to enhance oil...

Alberta Privacy Law Update: PIPA Declared Invalid

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

In the case of Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401, 2013 SCC 62, released last Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada has declared the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) invalid...

Is This Patentable?

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

One of the questions most often asked of patent attorneys is: “Is this patentable?” Such a question may apply to the questioner’s own invention or to the purported invention of another. While it may appear to be a simple question, there are...

Spain: Increasing pressure on criminal courts against IP rights infringements

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

The Criminal Court no. 4 of Castellón (Spain) has recently sentenced a peer-to-peer file sharing webmaster to 18 month imprisonment for a continued offence against IP rights. In addition, the Court has also banned him from exercising any activity...

BakerHostetler Wins A Second Major Victory In The Ohio Supreme Court For Class Action Defendants

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

On November 5, 2013, BakerHostetler's class action litigation team secured a major victory for Ohio class action defendants when the Supreme Court of Ohio adopted the class certification principles announced in the United States Supreme Court's...

Inflation Adjusted Tables

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/11/13

I’ve been putting these tables together since 1990 – formerly on paper and mailed out, now on our firm’s website. Below are the updated 2014 tables with the recent inflation adjustments....
By: Charles (Chuck) Rubin

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