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A New Approach To Compliance: “Informed” Risk And Resource Allocation

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

The compliance field has had an incredible five years. From backwater offices and responsibilities, CCOs are now taking a seat at senior management tables to provide important risk-based assessments and policies to enhance ethics and compliance and...

U.S. Industry Files New Allegations Against Solar Products From China And Taiwan

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

On December 31, 2013, SolarWorld Industries America (SolarWorld), a U.S. manufacturer of solar panels, petitioned the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) for additional tariffs on imports of solar products...

U.S. v. LIEW: Jury Selection Focuses On Anti-China Bias In Industrial Espionage Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

A federal judge questioned prospective jurors closely Tuesday for signs of anti-China bias in the industrial espionage trial of a U.S. citizen who prosecutors say fed secrets to a Chinese company. Prosecutors allege that Walter Liew, who is of...

Back To The Drawing Board For The Board

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

On January 6, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it would not seek Supreme Court review of two federal appeals court decisions striking down the NLRB's rule requiring employers to display "Employee Rights" posters...

Recent Appellate Court Decision Reminder Of Student Records Protections In Adversarial Proceedings

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

In a recent decision, the Illinois Appellate Court held that it is not an unfair labor practice for a school district to refuse to release school student records to a union in a grievance proceeding without a court order or consent of the students’...

“Hustlin’” to a Legal Victory: Rick Ross and the Right of Publicity

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

California gives you the right to profit from your own identity. But what if you assume somebody else’s? Rick Ross is famous for rapping about cocaine. Ricky D. Ross is famous for selling it. Ross (the cocaine dealer) alleged that Ross (the...

Americans Living Abroad Feel Impact of FATCA

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

According to some international financial experts, recently implemented American tax rates and policies may cause more Americans living abroad to renounce their U.S. citizenship. A recent conference in Israel on the subject of tax changes saw several...

Top 5 Most Listened to JDBlogger Episodes of 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

2013 was a fun year for me as I really got me feet wet in the podcasting world. I recorded 32 episodes of the JDBlogger Podcast in 2013 and had the opportunity to interview and get to know a lot of great lawyers/marketers and get a lot of great tips...

NAI & IPO Release List of Top 100 Universities Receiving Patents in 2012

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

Last month, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published a list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents in 2012. The groups did not provide a...

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Releases Updated List of Rural Counties and Census Tracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/14

The federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) recently released its updated list of counties and census tracts that are designated as “rural” based on 2010 U.S. Census data and the Rural Urban Commuting Area Code (RUCA) methodology....

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