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Lawyers, To Build Your Practice, You Won’t Know Unless You Listen

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

You’re excited, maybe even a little nervous. You finally have the opportunity to sit down and talk to that one person you want to get close to because you’d love to have him as a client. You know this person could be instrumental in helping you build...

No PP for H-1B Cap Petitions: USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for ALL H-1B Petitions

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On March 3, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions starting on April 3, 2017 until further notice. This suspension is anticipated to last for a period...

Supreme Court Vacates Ruling in Favor of Transgender Student, Passes Case Back to Lower Courts

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Supreme Court this morning declined to make a definitive ruling on whether transgender students in public schools have a right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity.

CFPB February 2017 complaint report highlights credit reporting complaints, complaints from Louisiana consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The CFPB has issued its February 2017 complaint report that highlights credit reporting complaints.  The report also highlights complaints from consumers in Louisiana and the New Orleans metro areas....
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

Venezuela Aumenta La Unidad Tributaria

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

En Gaceta Oficial Extraordinaria No. 6.287, de fecha 24 de febrero de 2017, la Administración Fiscal en Venezuela publicó la Providencia N° SNAT/2017/0003 (en adelante “la Providencia”) que aumentó el valor de la Unidad Tributaria (en adelante...

The 2017 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The 2017 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey has just been released, and the findings reveal some unexpected trends in class action litigation, based on insights provided by 387 general counsels and chief legal officers at major corporations in more...

Finance Lenders Annual Report Deadline Is Nigh

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Lenders and brokers licensed under the California Finance Lenders Law must file an annual report by the Ides of March (i.e., March 15) of each year. Cal. Fin. Code § 22159. This is a hard deadline and the Department of Business Oversight does not...

Trump and Congressional Republicans Begin to Align on Health Care

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The bottom line: Health care and life sciences stakeholders should expect that, starting in 2018 and accelerating considerably in 2020, the percentage of Americans having health coverage will slowly decline and people who have insurance will feel...

Thursdays with Mama - Shorts On Long Term Care March 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Life has a rhythm, a symmetry, a meter, a metric. It’s rarely smooth or perfect. It’s knots and knuckles, bumps and bruises. It’s rough and tumble. It sings its own song in its own time....
By: Poyner Spruill LLP

An Easier Path: McCarrell v. Hoffman-La Roche Paves the Way to Bring Tort Claims in New Jersey Barred by Other States’ Statutes of Limitations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

In McCarrell v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., 2017 WL 344449 (Jan. 24, 2017), the New Jersey Supreme Court replaced the State’s “governmental-interest” standard to resolve choice-of-law questions regarding statutes of limitations in tort actions with § 142...

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