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Cerebral Palsy: What You Need to Know

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Approximately 10,000 to 16,000 babies in the United States are born with cerebral palsy each year. If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, here is what you need to know....
By: The McClelland Law Group

65-Car Pileup on Icy Mass. Freeway Injures 35

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

A 65-car pileup in Massachusetts resulted from frozen ice, sending 35 people to local hospitals. Two people -- a pregnant woman and a man in his 30s -- sustained serious injuries. But who's liable for a massive pileup involving droves of drivers and wintry weather?......



For Cyber Monday, 7 Simple Security Tips

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

These days, it's more convenient than ever to do all your holiday shopping online. What better day to start than on Cyber Monday, when sales are abundant and plentiful? Before you start getting click-happy, though, beware of online traps that may be set up for you this Cyber Monday.

Health Alert (Australia) - 2 December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

In This Issue: Judgments; Legislation; and Reports. Excerpt from Judgments: Commonwealth - 22 November 2013 - Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation v Eastern Health [2013] FCAFC 137 - The Australian Nursing and Midwifery...

BB&K Police Bulletin: Firearms Ban: Lifetime Firearms Ban on Domestic Violence Misdemeanants Constitutional

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Overview: The Ninth Circuit recently upheld a federal law that bans misdemeanor domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms for life. A gun owner convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence in 1996 claimed that he was exempt from the ban...

Part of the Fabric: How an Internal Law Department Can Add the Most Value To a Company

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

The value provided by the in-house general counsel for all companies, and also by the associate, assistant and senior counsels for larger companies, is the provision of proactive legal services, as opposed to reactive legal services. If in-house...

Adult Failure to Thrive and Debility Can No Longer Be Principal Diagnoses on Hospice Claim Forms

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Hospices will have until October 1, 2014, to ensure they conform their coding practices to comply with a “clarification” issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its final FY2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update,...

Australia: Update on privacy compliance for app developers

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

In the mobile environment, data can be collected and shared with ease. It is therefore of great concern to the Privacy Commissioner/Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) that each individual's privacy is strictly protected, no...

Partition Disputes

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Partition is a statutory procedure whereby co-tenants (for example joint tenancy, tenancy-in-common, community property) can file a court action to physically divide or sell the property. See A.R.S. § 12-1211 et seq. Unless the co-tenants have a...

GoldieBlox retreats from fight over Beastie Boys song

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/12/13

Toy maker GoldieBlox has removed its rewritten version of the Beastie Boys song “Girls” from a viral video promoting girls’ capabilities.

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