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U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period For Proposed Listing Of Gunnison Sage-Grouse

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently announced the reopening of the public comment periods for its January 11, 2013 proposed rules to list the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act...

Are DPAs Morally Suspect?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

You know it is going to be a bad day when you are excoriated in public by a sitting federal district judge. It is even worse when the comments of that federal judge make it into one of the most prominent international business dailies around; the UK...

What To Expect During A Car Accident Deposition

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Although you can expect your attorney to do most of the work involved in litigating your car accident claim, some things require your personal presence. In most car accident cases where a lawsuit is filed, injury victims can expect to be deposed at...

7 Tips When Suing a Retail Store for Injuries

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Shopping-related injuries prompt thousands of personal injury claims in the U.S. every year. But when you sue a retail store for a shopping-related injury -- like one man did for his toe fracture at Lowe's -- what steps should you take? Here are seven tips to keep in mind......

Second Circuit: in-house counsel may not seek to profit as whistleblowers against former employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued an important ruling restricting in-house counsel from acting as whistleblowers in litigation against their current or former employers....
By: DLA Piper

Trial attorney slain outside his law office was targeted, police chief says

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

A Nebraska trial lawyer was fatally shot Wednesday as he stood beside a red Chevrolet Avalanche parked outside his Grand Island law office at around 6:30 p.m.

How Can You Sue the Military?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Suing the military is no easy feat. Alas, under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, you typically can't sue the federal government without its permission. However, the passage of certain laws has reduced this broad governmental immunity.

How One Struggling Auto Company Used Chapter 15 to Protect its U.S. Assets

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Although its Israel-based electric car company had already filed bankruptcy in its home country, Better Place, Inc., the U.S. parent of the foreign debtor, filed for protection under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy...

Legislative Watch: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

A proposed U.S. Senate Bill has the potential to change the way in which intellectual property infringement is reported and enforced. U.S. Senate Bill 662 ("S. 662"), the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013, has...

Florida Bans Texting While Driving

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

You may be wondering why an article about the new Florida statute banning texting while driving is being featured on a banking law blog. Admittedly, texting does not have much to do with banking, but the new law should be of interest to anyone who...

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