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Goldman Sachs Cheating Scandal: Lessons for Your Compliance Training Program

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

The recent Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan cheating scandals teach us some valuable lessons about compliance training. In these headline cases, newly hired junior analysts were caught cheating on internal compliance-related tests that their firms had...

Seventh Circuit Backs Employer on Running of FMLA Statute of Limitations

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

Family and Medical Leave Act contains a two-year statute of limitations for claims of interference with or retaliation against protected employee activity. Last month, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals faced questions over when this limitations...

Sharing Economy Should Fear California's Ruling on Uber Driver

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

When a district court judge in San Francisco this summer certified a class of Uber Technologies Inc. drivers seeking compensation for tips, it may have been the most talked about legal story of the summer. Much less noticed, but equally important,...

Court Rules Target Data Breach Internal Investigation Documents Largely Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product Doctrine

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

The Minnesota magistrate judge presiding over discovery in the litigation seeking to hold Target Corp. liable for the retailer’s 2013 data breach issued an order denying the motion by a plaintiff class of about 9,000 banks to compel production of...

SEE YOU IN COURT – November 2015

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

Negotiations with the Nutmeg Union of Teachers (NUTS) went better than usual this year. NUTS did not waste a lot of time trying to usurp management rights, and it focused instead on the bread-and-butter issues of salary and insurance....

Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan and Non-Safe Harbor Contributions

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

The safe harbor notice deadline for calendar year 401(k) plans is coming December 1. This notice requirement is one of the requirements for a plan to be a safe harbor, in addition to the fully vested contribution that gives 401(k) plans a free past...

State AG’s civil suit claims church congregation failed to report congregant’s sex with teen

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

A judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a suit by Delaware’s attorney general that claims a Jehovah’s Witness congregation failed to report that one…

Insurance Act 2015 Reforms - What Does It Mean For Policyholders?

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

The far-reaching reforms affect any business using insurance and go into effect August 2016. The Insurance Act 2015 (the Act) will come into force 12 August 2016. The Act introduces a raft of changes and will be relevant to any business that uses...

FCA publishes minutes from MiFID 2 roundtable

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

FCA has published the minutes from the meeting of the MiFID 2 implementation roundtable in October. The discussion covered implementing measures, FCA communication with industry, updated consultation plans and feedback on the FCA MiFID conference....

Copyright Holders Must Consider Fair Use Before Issuing DMCA Takedown Notification - Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. et al.

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/11/15

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that copyright holders must consider the fair-use doctrine prior to issuing a takedown notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. et al., Case...

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