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Client Service Lessons From The Movies: self-assessment

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

When it comes to assessment, this is what most people think of themselves: But the reality is this: So people delude themselves. When the makers of a product win some trials and lose some trials, how many of the defendants bring in a fresh set of...

New OSHA Directive to Speed Up Resolution of Whistleblower Complaints Under OSH Act, Dodd-Frank, Other Laws

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

A directive to establish nationwide policies and procedures aimed at speeding up the resolution of “whistleblower” complaints handled by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was issued on August 19, 2015. OSHA enforces the...

“A” is for Abusive

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

Financial institutions and other market participants have struggled to understand how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defines "abusive" conduct, but a series of enforcement actions has shown that the bureau intends to go beyond the terms of...

3 reasons firms are starting to embrace ‘prudent innovation’

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

Could most law firms deliver 20 percent more useful work at 20 percent less cost on a typical matter?

I think the answer is self-evidently…

Mentally ill man gets 20 years in slaying of prominent defense attorney

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

A mentally ill man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for shooting to death a prominent Kentucky defense attorney as he arrived at…

Benesch opens Chicago office, plans additional growth there and elsewhere

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff has opened a Chicago office with attorneys from Ulmer & Berne.

Judge has public defender handcuffed, but gives him a break at contempt hearing

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/08/15

Warned by the Virginia judge hearing a motion in a second-degree murder case to stop arguing after the court had already ruled, an assistant pubic…

Reciprocity and the Future of the Florida Bar

By The Law Insider 25/08/15

In July 2015, the newly elected President of the Florida Bar, Ramon Abadin created a firestorm of controversy with a proposal to allow attorneys from other states to practice law in Florida without the requirement of passing the State’s Bar Exam.

A Royalty By Any Other Name: Post-Expiration Payments After Kimble v. Marvel

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/08/15

Patent holders and accused infringers will need to continue being creative in drafting license agreements after the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kimble v. Marvel, No. 13-720, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4067, at *6 (June 22, 2015). Kimble upholds the...

The Difficulty Of Challenging FCA Fine As Excessive

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/08/15

Last month, in U.S. ex rel. Drakeford v. Tuomey, No. 13-2219, (4th Cir. July 2, 2015), the Fourth Circuit affirmed a False Claims Act verdict against a nonprofit hospital in Sumter, South Carolina. In an area of the law where cases seldom make it to...

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