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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Gas Utility's Rate Schedule Containing a Cost of Service Adjustment Clause

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

On January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court held that the Railroad Commission of Texas (the "Commission") has the authority to adopt a gas utility rate schedule providing for automatic annual adjustments based on increases or decreases in the...

New Protections for Whistleblowers and Suspected Undocumented Workers Take Effect January 14, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

The California Legislature had a busy year in 2013 and produced a great deal of employment-related legislation which just took effect on January 1. Because retaliation claims against employers have been on the rise for several years, two new...

OCC Proposes Risk Guidelines for Large Banks; Plans to Apply Part 30 to Federal Savings Institutions

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

On January 16, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a proposal setting forth new standards based on the agency’s heightened expectations program for large national banks and federal savings associations that would be...

European Union Negotiations Reach Agreement on New Clinical Trials Regulation

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

The European Union (“EU”) has cleared the way for adoption of a new clinical trials regulation within the EU. On December 20, 2013, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union endorsed proposed revisions to a draft regulation...

Use Proper Terminology to Protect Your Personal Assets

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Do you have a corporation or an LLC? How often do you use the proper name of your company (as it appears in the records of the Secretary of State)? Do you often shorten your name and omit the “Inc” or “LLC” on your marketing materials and when you...

Different pay for unequal jobs ‘ok’

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) prohibits sex-based discrimination in pay and benefits. Employers should not pay different wages to employees of the opposite sex for substantially equal work. “Substantially equal” work does not mean identical work....

California Court of Appeal Affirms That It Pays To Be the Squeaky Wheel

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

In a time when California courts are busier than ever, the California Court of Appeal recently did double duty by issuing an opinion that both decided an issue of first impression in California and implicitly approved Senate Bill ("SB") 292, a...

Honda Owners Continue to Endure Recalls Published

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

In 2012, Honda recalled the second-largest number of cars in the United States. This marked the fifth straight year that Honda ranked first or second in recalls. Unfortunately for Honda, and for many consumers, 2013 has proven to be another difficult...

CMS Announces Modernized Medicare Waiver Program in Maryland

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Can hospitals cut costs, increase the quality of care, and improve patient outcomes? The State of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) challenge hospitals to do just that in a newly announced reform initiative that could...

Amazon bests the milkman with new, patented method of delivery

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/14

Ok. I admit. I’m too young, no, make that way too young to know how the milk man system of delivery worked. Was it subscription-based? Or was there an element of public service to it – where the milk man (or maid!) strolled past every house on...

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