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FCC Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Rules Affirmed By Fourth Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

On Friday, December 18, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the FCC’s rules implementing Section 6409(a) of the Spectrum Act, including the “deemed granted” remedy for a local government’s failure to grant an eligible...

Restructuring eNewsletter - Global Insight Series: Are gift card holders receiving better treatment in situations of insolvency? A US vs UK comparison

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

According to the UK Gift Card & Voucher Association, in 2014 the gift card and voucher market was worth £5.4 billion in the UK and $124 billion in the US. Gift cards can confer numerous benefits on the retailer, including promotion, working...

Fenwick Employment Brief

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

Bag Checks for Apple Employees Not Compensable Time - Apple Inc. recently convinced a California federal district court to dismiss a certified class action alleging that Apple had a legal duty to pay store workers for time spent on bag checks at...

DLA Piper to close Tampa office

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

DLA Piper will close its Tampa, Florida, office early next year.

The closing was confirmed in a prepared statement Tuesday from firm spokesman Josh Epstein,…

Proposed EU Trade Secrets Directive Crosses Another Hurdle with “Provisional Agreement” Between Council and Parliament

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

As regular readers of this blog will note, we have been tracking progress of the European Commission’s proposed Directive to protect trade secrets as it has made its way through the European Union’s complicated legislative process over the past...

Legislators Say SEC Can Work on Political Spending Disclosures

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

The recently enacted omnibus spending bill, referred to as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, provides the SEC may not use funds made available under the Act to “finalize, issue, or implement” rules regarding disclosures of political...

SEC Proposes Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issues

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

On December 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Rule 13q-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), often referred to as the “resource extraction rule,” which would require an issuer to disclose payments made to US...

Tax Newsletter - September/October 2015 (China & Hong Kong)

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

Welcome to the latest issue of our Tax Newsletter. A number of developments have taken place in the PRC and Hong Kong that could be of legal and tax significance to your businesses. In the PRC, the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) issued...

FAST Act Speeds-Up Raising Capital

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act. Although primarily a transportation bill, the FAST Act also made changes to the federal securities laws as described below. Overall,...

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending December 18, 2015

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/12/15

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Standing: because plaintiff was not original lender, plaintiff failed to prove standing to foreclose on mortgage loan where plaintiff failed to submit note with blank or special indorsement, assignment of note,...

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