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College Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Complaint

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced earlier this week that Logan University in Missouri settled a pregnancy discrimination complaint that the NWLC filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on behalf of a...

Software Patents Set for Supreme Court Consideration

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the muddled law of software patent eligibility. On Friday, December 6, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, et al. CLS is an appeal of the famously...

New Internet Top-Level Domains Unveiled

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

Website domain names as we know them will look dramatically different now that the menu of Internet domain name suffixes is expanding. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently released the first wave of new generic...

The Absolute Priority Rule in Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases lives on … for now

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

The principle behind the absolute priority rule is simple: unsecured creditors should be paid before the debtor is entitled to retain property of the bankruptcy estate. In a corporate setting the absolute priority rule operates to ensure that an...

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Untimely CDO Claims against Merrill Lynch

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

On November 21, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by South Korea‘s Woori Bank against Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Bank of America Corp. on statute of limitations grounds....

Australian Treasury Considers Controversial Reforms To Extend Sales Tax To Overseas Online Purchases

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

In recent months, the Australian federal Treasury has come under intense pressure from local retailers and state treasures to extend the Australian goods and services tax (GST) to overseas-purchased goods and services. On 27 November 2013, the...

2013 Case Law: “Back to Basics” Approach Gave Us Something to Chew On

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

2013 for ediscovery “was a very good year.” The courts’ unified message was simple (showing a renewed interest proportionality and cooperation), clear (attorneys in 2013 must know ediscovery), and even a bit provocative (see Sekisui). Considering...

Financial Advisory Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

Novel theories by plaintiffs’ lawyers need to foster novel approaches by M&A lawyers. A number of recent cases highlight the increasing risks for financial advisors and the lawyers who represent them. Financial advisors, and the lawyers who...

Abbreviated sweepstakes rules: Don’t give them short shrift

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

You couldn’t live in the United States very long without at some point seeing abbreviated rules for a sweepstakes. They are usually found in the fine print at the bottom of an ad, sign, email message, bottle top, or banner, and almost always begin...

Reform Opens Door to Private Investment in Mexico’s Energy Sector

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/12/13

Mexican Senate presents comprehensive Energy Reform Bill to the House of Representatives with tremendous potential for domestic and foreign energy companies. In an encouraging move toward energy reform, the Mexican Senate approved today and...

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