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Immigration Fraud Whistleblower Likely to receive a $5M Bounty from Infosys’s $34M False Claims Act Settlement: Is Your Business Immigration Program Prepared for a Similar Whistleblower Attack?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

On October 30, 2013, Infosys Limited (“Infosys”), an Indian IT company, signed a settlement agreement with the United States in the Eastern District of Texas to resolve allegations that Infosys knowingly presented to employees of the United States...

Lawyer charged with using attorney credential in attempt to deliver drug to courthouse lockup

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

A Massachusetts lawyer has been criminally charged, accused of using his attorney credential to gain access to the Chelsea District Courthouse lockup without a search in order to attempt to deliver a prescription drug to a woman being held in the building's lockup. Michael R.

Potential Defendants in a Malicious Prosecution Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Malicious prosecution actions in California are complex. Filing and defending such actions require the handling attorney to have a deep understanding of the interplay of anti-SLAPP law, SLAPP-back actions and malicious prosecution actions....

Codes of Ethics: SEC Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Your good client Socrates is on the line. Socrates — who gave up a promising career in philosophy to take up professional soccer — has an ethics question for you. No, he is not asking you to explain Stoicism, Epicureanism or even Hedonism. He instead...

Whitey Bulger Gets 2 Life Sentences for Murder

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger was sentenced to two life sentences plus five years on Thursday as punishment for his murder and racketeering convictions. Jurors in August convicted 84-year-old James "Whitey" Bulger for participating in 11 killings in the 1970s and 80s.

Is Family Court Biased Toward the Mother?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

In a divorce proceeding, family court always awards the mother a lot more time with the kids and makes the father pay a lot more support. This is one of the most persistent myths about divorce, and it often distorts the expectations of both parents...

More Protections for Pregnant Workers on the Horizon in New Jersey

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The New Jersey Senate committee recently advanced S-2995, the Pregnant Women’s Fairness Act, a bill sponsored by Senator Loretta Weinberg, which would prohibit workplace discrimination against pregnant women. Specifically, the bill would add...

SEC Enforcement/Securities Litigation and D&O Insurance

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

Recent SEC Enforcement Developments - .. Change in SEC policy regarding “no admissions” settlements - SEC Chair Mary Jo White has joined with colleagues at DOJ to change the perception that U.S. companies are “too big to jail” - SEC has made...

An Oil And Gas Rorschach Test

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

There is a ”Rorschach” way to examine your thinking about the controversy over fossil fuels and global warming. Psychologists use the Rorschach test to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning....

Cafeteria Plans: IRS Provides New Opportunities For Some Plans

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/11/13

The IRS recently issued guidance providing limited relief to the “use it or lose it” rule. Under the new guidance, employers may amend their cafeteria plan to permit participants to carryover up to $500 of unused contributions in their health...

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