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Best of the Week: Lawyers on G+ (12.1.13)

By The Law Insider 29/11/13

An early holiday edition of Best of the Week: Lawyers on G+. Why an early edition? I figured that Black Friday would be a good day for us. After all, I have to believe that this audience is way too savvy to spend the day battling Best Buy lines. Amazon, folks. Amazon. Have a great...

Global Financial Market Insight - November 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

Welcome - With recovery in financial markets starting to take hold it is an exciting time to launch our Global Financial Markets Insight. The purpose of our new quarterly is to help guide new and experienced users of finance through the vast array...

Reinsurance Alert: Commercial Court clarifies the position on follow settlement clauses for retrocessionaires

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On 6 November 2013, the Commercial Court handed down its judgment in Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd v Novae Corporate Underwriting Ltd [2013] EWHC 3362 (Comm). Mr Justice Hamblen held that the defendant retrocessionaire had agreed to follow the...

Global HR Hot Topic - November 2013: How to Cut (or “Restructure”) Employment Terms, Work Hours, Benefits and Pay Outside the United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

Employment-at-will offers American employers broad freedom to cut their staff’s terms and conditions of employment, work hours, employee benefits—even compensation, bonuses, commissions and base pay. Indeed, American bosses exercise this freedom...

CFPB Takes Enforcement Action Against Payday Lender

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

The CFPB announced its first public enforcement action against a payday lender—a consent order alleging, among other things, unfair and deceptive acts or practices in connection with affidavits. According to the consent order, the payday lender’s...

Advertising Law -- Nov 27, 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

FTC Shoots Down COPPA Compliance Request Based on Social Networking - The Federal Trade Commission has denied an application from AssertID seeking the agency's approval of a proposed method of verifiable parental consent pursuant to the Children's...

End of Year Checklist

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

As 2013 comes to an end, it's time for Australian employers start actioning their end of year employment checklist. 1. Annual Shutdowns - Many Modern Awards require employers to provide a minimum of four weeks' notice of an annual shutdown....

European Commission Initiatives for 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On November 14, the European Commission published an updated document setting out its agenda and timetable for the legislative proposals and non-legislative acts related to financial services that it expects to adopt between November 1 and December...

Delaware Chancery Court Permits Shareholder to Bring Fiduciary Claim for Board’s Violation of a Stock Incentive Plan

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On November 8, the Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to dismiss a derivative action brought by a shareholder of Healthways, Inc. against the company’s president, Ben Leedle, Jr., and the board of directors for approving stock option grants to...

Florida High Court To Examine Exculpatory Clauses That Do Not Specifically Reference Negligence

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/11/13

On November 5, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case examining whether a release clearly and unambiguously releases the defendant from liability for a plaintiff’s physical injuries when the release does not expressly reference...

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