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Texas Appellate Court Sides with Energy Industry by Requiring Personal Injury Plaintiffs to Submit Expert Testimony in Nuisance Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

In a significant victory for the energy industry, on October 7, 2015, the San Antonio Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of Marathon Oil Corporation, Marathon Oil EF, LLC (together “Marathon”) and Plains Exploration & Production Co....

Struggle At The Supreme Court Over Arbitration Clauses

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

The U.S. Supreme Court returned to familiar territory last week in DirecTV Inc. v. Imburgia (argued Oct. 6, 2015): the enforceability of an arbitration clause in a consumer contract containing a class action waiver. But this time there was a...

Another day…another set-back for Europe’s plans for a single market

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

Plans for a single market have been delivered yet another blow, this time as a result of an ECJ preliminary ruling against a relatively unknown Slovakian company. The court ruled in Weltimmo SRO v. Nemzeti Adatvedelmi es Informacioszabadsag Hatosag,...

California's New Climate Era: SB 350 and Beyond

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

Two out of three ain’t bad. Climate change policy advocates may find themselves quoting Meat Loaf with the enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 350, which California’s Legislature passed last month and which Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on...

Hastert Reaches Plea Deal in Anti-Money Laundering Case – Guilty Plea Expected

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

As I reported in a June 2, 2015 client alert, on May 28, 2015, Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Hastert, a former high school teacher...

US China Trade War

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

The October blog post will be broken up into two parts. This October 15th post will comment on the TPP Agreement signed today and well as President Xi Jinping’s recent trip to the US and my impressions from Beijing, China during that period. A...

U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Decision in First Marblehead; Remands to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

On October 13, the United States Supreme Court granted a request for review in the case of First Marblehead Corporation v. Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue, and summarily vacated the decision issued January 28, 2015, by the Supreme Judicial...

California Becomes Latest State to Pass Biosimilar Substitution Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

On October 6th, California’s governor signed Senate Bill 671, which permits pharmacists to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed biological product. The California legislature had attempted to pass a similar law in 2013,...

Going on Offense against State Deceptive Trade Practices AG Actions

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

We have posted many times about cases where a manufacturer of a regulated product is sued over alleged violations of a state consumer protection or deceptive trade practices act because of something allegedly amiss in the product’s name, labeling,...

Structured Thoughts: News for the financial services community, Volume 6, Issue 6

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/10/15

U.S. Structured Warrant Programs: Introduction - U.S. and non-U.S. banks have offered structured warrants in the U.S. to address the needs of both institutional and high-net worth investors. This article will describe these instruments, how...

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