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TCPA Connect - April 2015

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

User Choice to Send Solicitations Refutes ATDS Allegations - Following a growing precedent in the California federal district courts, a judge recently concluded that a defendant in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case did not impermissibly use...

Blogging with Intent: Personal Jurisdiction and Defamation in the Internet Age

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

A California court of appeal recently decided that posting allegedly defamatory statements from Illinois on the Internet about a person living in California, without more, did not create “minimum contacts” for purposes of personal jurisdiction. In...

Can I Get Workers' Comp For a Heart Attack?

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

Americans work too hard. Because of long hours and work stress, many of us are working ourselves towards a heart attack.

200 Royal Caribbean And Celebrity Cruise Passenger Sick With Norovirus

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

Nothing says sunshine and relaxation like a bout of vomiting and diarrhea. Yuck! More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships, Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas and Celebrity's Infinity, have been struck low with norovirus.

‘Hire’ LinkedIn for referrals, marketing your firm, lawyers advise

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

For most people, LinkedIn is an online repository for your resume and a website that you rarely visit and almost never update. But the social…

Courthouse workers build nesting box on 5th-floor ledge after peregrine falcon eggs fall off edge

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

Add another pair of peregrine falcons to the courthouse nesting trend.

A couple of the rare birds recently set up a new home on a…

Third Circuit Lets Wal-Mart Exclude Firearms Proposal Under the “Ordinary Business Operations” Exception

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

On April 14, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit summarily reversed a troubling decision of the Federal District Court in Delaware that required Wal-Mart to include in its 2015 proxy materials a shareholder proposal intended to...

Cuba Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

President Obama has asked Congress to take Cuba off the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. The President made a formal recommendation to Congress, setting in motion a 45-day review process during which lawmakers can take steps to block the...

No Statute of Limitations for Private Contribution Claims Under New Jersey’s Spill Act

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

Selling a piece of commercial property often requires much negotiation and planning, and generally represents the culmination of a result of a well-reasoned business decision. And at the conclusion of the deal—and depending on the terms—the seller...

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act Reintroduced in Congress

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

After falling short in the previous Congress, Congressmen Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-Pa) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) recently introduced the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015, a bill designed to make it easier for people with special needs to...

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