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[Audio] If Looks Could Kill … Your Wireless Siting Application

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Many (most?) wireless siting applications that face opposition involve some level of NIMBYism – but you can’t just dismiss the NIMBY naysayers and move on. In this episode, attorneys Leslie Moylan and Dan Reing identify some of the ways site...

Something We Can All Support: H.R. 985, Picking Up Where CAFA Left Off

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Regular blog readers may recall that, every year, we eagerly await a Monday and Tuesday right around February 14th. This has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day (though we like a dozen roses and a box of chocolates as much as the next person.) No,...

Lawyers: Give your clients a business entity checkup

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

As we prepare for perhaps another round of major tax law changes, you might want to consider the status of your clients’ legal postures. Making a client’s business structure more nimble or setting the stage to obtain outside or inside basis step-up...

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Three Percent High-Earner Tax Changes Under Consideration - Among the issues Maine’s Legislature is wrestling with is the...

The Alchemist’s Guide to Post-Judgment Collections

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

In the hectic world of North Carolina civil litigation, the focused practitioner understandably may lose sight of the forest for the individual trees. Analyzing thousands of pages of poorly-copied document production for that smoking-gun email,...

Focus on the FMLA – Part II

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Last week, we wrote about some of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requirements that can be particularly challenging for employers. This week, we’re going to focus on an aspect of FMLA entitlement that causes employers a lot of confusion:...

Surplus Insurers, Too, Can Rely on the Application to Interpret Policy

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Section 627.419 of the Florida Statutes provides that “[e]very insurance contract shall be construed according to the entirety of its terms and conditions as set forth in the policy and as amplified, extended, or modified by any application therefor...

Mexico Energy Regulatory Commission Waives Mandatory Open Season for NG Ducts

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

Under Mexico's Hydrocarbons Law, permit holders for natural gas (NG) ducts are required to have a mandatory open season for expansions, extensions or the development of new systems. This provision keeps competition in NG markets and allows users,...

Six Key Changes to the Common Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

On January 19, 2017, sixteen federal agencies, including the Departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, published the first revision to the federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects participating in research since 2005....

Washington Weighs In On The Scope Of Insurance Regulators’ Authority

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/02/17

In January, we reported that California’s Supreme Court had embraced a problematic approach to the state’s Unfair Insurance Practices Act—one that allows the Commissioner of Insurance to create new statutory torts by regulating the manner in which...

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