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"Litigants Continue to Use 'Anti-Suit Injunctions' to Protect Their Arbitration Rights"

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Courts occasionally are asked to intervene in a pending arbitration and exercise their injunctive powers. In some cases, litigants seek to have the courts aid the arbitral process by stopping foreign proceedings that interfere with a pending...

What martial arts training can do for lawyers (podcast)

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

What Are the Types of Medical Malpractice?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

You hope your health care provider won’t make a mistake when you are under his or her care. You trust your doctor or nurse to know what is best for you. Phoenix medical malpractice lawyers understand that medical professionals are not perfect, but...

9 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Worker Classification Disputes

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) links the number of employees a business has to that business’s healthcare coverage responsibilities and penalties. As such, the ACA focuses new attention on the already tricky area of law...

JMBM's Hotel Developer Forum: LA wants 4,000 new hotel rooms stat!

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Hotel Developer Forum in Los Angeles With hotel development beginning to blossom in many national markets where the cost to buy a hotel substantially exceeds the cost to build one, JMBM's hotel lawyers recently held a Hotel Developer Forum focused...

Operation Broken Gate: SEC Charges Another Auditor

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Operation Broken Gate is a critical part of the new “get tough” enforcement approach of the SEC. In an effort to leverage resources and achieve omnipresence in the market, the initiative is designed to hold gatekeepers, such as accounts and lawyers,...

President Obama announces surveillance reforms: key points for businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

In a speech that garnered worldwide attention, President Barack Obama has announced important reforms in the ways the US government will gather, store, use and retain signals-related information. These changes will quickly affect many companies,...

A Reminder To New Jersey Employers Regarding Recent Gender Equity Notice Posting Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

In our November 2012 Pepper@Work, we advised New Jersey employers of upcoming notice-posting requirements on pay equality issued by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL); the NJDOL recently released the gender equity...

Federal Authorities Cite Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex For Errors In Death Of Andre Harvey

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

On December 20, 2013, Andre Harvey died at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex (“the Complex”), after he was injected with sedatives and placed in physical restraints. Following Mr. Harvey’s death, the United States Centers for Medicare and...

Legislation Allows Michigan Companies To Raise Capital, Avoid Federal Crowdfunding Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Effective December 30, 2013, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder enacted into law Public Act 264 of 2013 (the "Act"). Among other things, the Act establishes a crowdfunding method of raising capital in Michigan. "Crowdfunding" refers to soliciting small...

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