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NLRB rules employees can record conversations at work

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Next time your boss is breaking a labor law, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Whole Foods cannot prohibits its employees from recording conversations, taking photos or video at work....

How Much Do You Make? – New OFCCP Regulations Protect Employee And Job Applicant Discussions on Compensation

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Happy New Year from your friends at the OFCCP. This week brings the enforcement of requirements stated under Executive Order 13665, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating or otherwise conducting adverse personnel actions against...

Public Utility Companies Look to Gobble up Municipal Systems through Private Sales

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Large privately held, publicly regulated utility companies with a focus on rapid growth and expansion throughout the Commonwealth have a new target - municipally owned water and wastewater systems. Pennsylvania legislation over the last few years...

Re-Districting After Shelby County v. Alabama: a Volatile Mix of Race and Politics

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

In 2012, following the 2010 decennial census, Virginia re-drew the boundaries of its Congressional Districts. In 2013, plaintiffs brought a Voting Rights Act challenge to that re-districting. They alleged that the re-districting unconstitutionally...

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2016: Cybersecurity

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Cybersecurity - Nearly 90 percent of CEOs worry that cyber threats could adversely impact growth prospects, up from nearly 70 percent the previous year. Yet, in a recent survey, nearly 80 percent of the more than 1,000 information technology...

Lack of Reaffirmation Agreement Results in Finding That Bank Violated Discharge Injunction by Enforcing Post-Bankruptcy Loan Modification

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

In Venture Bank v. Lapides, 800 F.3d 442 (8th Cir. 2015), the Eighth Circuit found that a bank could not recover from its borrower and, in fact, had violated the post-discharge injunction by relying on change in terms agreements which were...

CMS Updates Manual Provisions for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

On December 31, 2015, CMS updated Chapter 9 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual and Chapter 13 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual addressing payment and certification of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers...

Trademarks and Metatags: an update

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

What if a competitor cut and paste the metatags from your website and used them on the competitor’s site? Is there a remedy under Canadian law? Are metatags subject to trademark protection? The answer is… it depends. Red Label Vacations (redtag.ca)...

Texas lawyer files suit to see if Ted Cruz is a ‘natural born citizen’ qualified to be president

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Seeking an official determination of whether a Republican candidate for U.S. president is a qualified American citizen, a Texas lawyer on Thursday filed a federal…

Manager Mom Responds to Supermodel Hilary Rhoda's Lawsuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/16

Supermodel Hilary Rhoda sued her mother and former manager in 2014, claiming mom pilfered millions from her personal accounts. Now, her mom has counterclaimed, denying all of the allegations and saying that her daughter breached her management contract, reports People.

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