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CFPB Finalizes Rule To Supervise Student Loan Servicers

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a final rule allowing it to supervise nonbank servicers of private and federal student loans who qualify as “larger participants” in the student loan servicing market. The rule is effective March 1,...

D.R. Horton and the Doctrine of Non-Acquiescence

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

Today’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in D.R. Horton, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board, is a victory for employers who seek to chanel work related disputes (other than NLRB charges) into an arbitration...

Supreme Court to Revisit the Plaintiff-Friendly “Fraud-on-the-Market” Presumption in Securities Fraud Class Actions

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide a case this term that could significantly affect the viability of securities fraud class actions against public companies. The case, Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., will challenge the core Supreme...

Person responding to subpoena entitled to costs of production

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

In this case, the trial court ordered a third party to produce documents that were alleged to be confidential, and denied the third party its costs in providing the production....
By: Trenam Kemker

Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2013: California Federal Court Directs Production of Reserve Information

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

McAdam v. State Nat’l Ins. Co., No. 12cv1333-BTM, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157202, 2013 WL 5936338 (S.D. Ca. Nov. 1, 2013). A California federal court granted a motion to compel production of, among other things, reserve information established by an...

S.C. prosecutors seek recusal of supreme court justice from all criminal cases for critical remarks

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

Thirteen of South Carolina's 16 state prosecutors are seeking the recusal of South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Donald Beatty from all criminal appeals for remarks he allegedly made at a conference of prosecutors in September.

Texas A&M Stadium Worker Killed in Fall From 4th Level

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

A 25-year-old construction worker partaking in the massive renovation of Texas A&M's stadium fell to his death from the fourth level of the building. Angel Garcia fell while working on the north end of Kyle Field.

Be Aware: Illinois Department of Revenue to Respond to Hartney

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

On November 21, 2013 the Illinois Supreme Court held that the longstanding regulations promulgated by the Illinois Department of Revenue (the "Department") for sourcing sales for local retailer’s occupation tax ("ROT") purposes were invalid. In...

City-permit rule for mistletoe sale, but not begging, makes 11-year-old an advocate for legal change

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

Following in her father's footsteps, an 11-year-old girl from suburban Portland, Ore., cut and bagged mistletoe on a recent trip to an uncle's farm and sold beribboned bags for $4 each at Portland Saturday Market last week.

What Startups Actually Need From Their Lawyers

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13

Whether in-house or outside counsel, here are five basic skills that start-ups actually need from their lawyers......
By: JD Supra Perspectives

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