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Illinois Appellate Court Holds Insurer Did Not Waive Right to Arbitrate Despite Years-long Delay in Pursuing ADR

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

In Caterpillar, Inc. v. Century Indem. Co., et al., 2019 IL App (3d) 190032, the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, issued an opinion that highlights the need for parties to carefully consider alternate dispute resolution (“ADR”) provisions in...

Coal Combustion Residuals/National Minimum Criteria: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Revisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a prepublication notice of proposed revisions to the National Minimum Criteria for Existing and New Coal Combustion Residuals (“CCR”) Landfills and Surface Impoundments (“CCR Rule”)....

Quebec's Superior Court Leaves the Door Open to Canadian Climate Change Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

On July 11, 2019, Quebec's Superior Court rejected a class action lawsuit seeking federal action relating to climate change. The Court found that the questions raised by the plaintiff, Environnement Jeunesse, were justiciable but that a class action...

New Legislation Broadens State Human Rights Law to Include Students in Public School

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

On July 25, Governor Cuomo signed legislation that expands the scope of the New York State (NYS) Human Rights Law to include public schools. Under the new law, public school students now have the ability to file claims with the NYS Division of Human...

Patent Claims Reordering Conventional Steps May Be Ineligible Under § 101

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

SOLUTRAN, INC v. ELAVON, INC. Before Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Summary: Method claims directed to performing conventional steps in a new order may be insufficient to...

Louisiana Governor Declares Statewide Emergency After Cyber-Attacks Against School Systems

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, for the first time in history, declared a statewide cybersecurity emergency last week, following cyber-attacks against several school systems in the state....

Digging into High-Risk Distributors (Part II of II)

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

Compliance professionals are implementing their own monitoring and auditing strategies.  Internal audit does not have the resources nor the time to assume responsibility for this function.  If possible, internal audit may support, advise and assist...

Operational resilience: the FCA's review of business continuity planning

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

The FCA has published its findings from a recent review of business continuity planning (BCP) among small and medium-sized retail banks, payments institutions and electronic money institutions. ...
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When Good Sites Go Bad: The Growing Risk of Website Accessibility Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

For a growing number of companies, websites are not only a valuable asset, but also a potential liability risk. In recent years, the number of website accessibility lawsuits has significantly increased, where plaintiffs with disabilities allege that...

Connecticut Passes Sweeping Changes to its Human Rights Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/08/19

In the continued fallout from the “me too” movement, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed new legislation imposing sweeping changes to Connecticut’s human rights law designed to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace and provide additional...

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