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Environmental Indemnities

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

It is not often that one discovers that a senior housing facility was once an oil exploration complex or the site of a former dry cleaner but it does happen, and while your company may get comfortable with the acquisition and your lender comfortable...

EB-5 Retrogresses By Two Years in May 2015 for Nationals of China

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

The Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for May 2015 and, as predicted back in October 2014 by Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, Charles Oppenheim, the EB-5 category will retrogress for nationals of China. The cut-off...

First dinosaurs, then wooly mammoths. Are trademark attorneys next to go extinct?

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

A world without trademark attorneys… frightening, isn’t it? (maybe more for me than for someone who isn’t a trademark attorney). It seems unlikely, but we may be inching closer to this apocalyptic scenario....

Crowdfunding: The Next Commercial Real Estate Frontier?

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

In a world where we buy groceries, book travel, and even date online, it should come as no surprise that online investment is becoming increasingly prevalent. The rapid shift towards an internet-centric world has made crowdfunding the next “big...

Duty to Consult Not Triggered for Exploration Dispositions: Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

The grant of exploration dispositions for oil sands located beneath treaty lands did not trigger the Crown’s duty to consult, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal held recently in Buffalo River Dene Nation v Ministry of Energy and Resources and Scott...

Report: Cops were ordered to alter training records for reserve deputy in fatal shooting

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

The Tulsa County Sheriff’s office has launched an internal investigation after a newspaper report alleged that supervisors were ordered to falsify training records for a…

New Arkansas Law Boldly Embraces Noncompetition Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

On April 2, 2015, Arkansas enacted a new law (the Act) that greatly expands the enforceability of noncompete agreements in the state. The Act makes striking changes to Arkansas non-compete law....
By: Littler

Record Number of H-1B Applications Emphasizes Importance of Considering Alternatives for Applicants Not Selected in Lottery

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

USCIS has announced that it received nearly 233,000 H-1B applications during the first week of April, nearly three times the available quota. This means that nearly two-thirds of all applications submitted to the agency will be rejected and...

Federal Court Remands Insurance Dispute To State Court Based On Waiver

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

A New York federal court remanded a reinsurance dispute to state court, based on the defendant’s waiver of its right to remove. Plaintiff R&Q Reinsurance Company (“R&Q”) brought an action against Allianz Insurance Company (“Allianz”) regarding a...

Law school brain drain: Fewer individuals with high LSAT scores are applying

By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/15

Hit with a double whammy, law school officials are lowering their admission standards, a study suggests.

In addition to a drop in the amount of…

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