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Capital Thinking: General Legislative

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Senate will convene today, Monday, February 3, at 2:00 pm. After any leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (also known...

Schools and Community Colleges Banned from Using Sole Source Procurement for Prop. 39 Funded Projects: Contracts Must Be Awarded Based On Best Value Criteria

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Many California school districts and community college districts are gearing up to perform, or are in the process of performing, energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy projects with funds derived from Proposition 39, the California Clean...

OECD releases new discussion draft on transfer pricing documentation – a template for multinational reporting of global business information and taxes

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The Committee of Fiscal Affairs of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its proposed updated guidelines on transfer pricing documentation, including country-by-country reporting (CbC), the Discussion Draft on...

Ten Legal Practice Tips: Developing and Distributing Apps

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Apps likely contain several elements of intellectual property. Protect copyrights, patents and trade secrets as you would in other software projects (employee and contractor agreements, copyright registrations, trademark registrations, patent...

Biggest New York Harassment Case Employment Verdict of 2012

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

After enduring years of emotional abuse and discrimination at her job, Mirella Salemi won a 1.6 million dollar lawsuit from her former employer — the largest employment verdict in 2012 in New York. For her claims of emotional distress, loss of...

Does your County’s Personnel Agenda Comply with the Open Governmental Proceedings Act?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

As we begin to hold personnel hearings for “Personnel Season” a question that seems to come up often concerns the listing of individual employee names on county board of education agendas. Many administrators are, understandably, concerned about...

Idaho District Court First to Unwind a Physician Practice Deal

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

On January 24, 2014, in Federal Trade Commission v. St. Luke's Health System, Ltd. & Saltzer Medical Group, P.A., the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho found that the acquisition of Saltzer Medical Group ("Saltzer") by St. Luke's Health...

McDonald Hopkins expands office in Ohio’s capital by adding litigation boutique

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

McDonald Hopkins announced Monday that it is expanding its office in the Ohio state capital by acquiring a six-attorney litigation boutique. Welin, O'Shaughnessy + Scheaf focuses on construction law and litigation, complex business litigation and oil and gas litigation. Name partner Peter D.

State of the (Solar) Union

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Viewers of President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening may have noticed the President making a strong, albeit brief, statement in support of solar energy in the United States....
By: Foley & Lardner LLP

California Roadways Do Not Compare to Indy Speedway

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Another young Californian is dead from street racing. One day after a police sting to catch street racers, Joe Manriquez of Bakersfield, California, aged 24, crashed into a power pole while racing another car on McCutcheon Road....

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