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Does Failure To Qualify Deprive A Foreign LLC Of Standing Under The SSFMJA?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

The U.S. Constitution enjoins each state to accord “full faith and credit” to “the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State”. U.S. Const. Art. IV, § 1. However, a judgment creditor can’t directly enforce a judgment...

Credit union robbery in a Bucky Badger hat nets three-year suspension for lawyer

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

A Wisconsin lawyer already suspended for failing to pay bar dues will be suspended for three years because he robbed a Madison credit union of $500 while wearing a Bucky Badger hat and carrying a toy gun.

California Agency Releases Draft Rules for Fracking, Begins to Implement Recent State Legislation

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

Oil and gas companies and oil-­field service providers with California operations should scrutinize newly proposed rules on hydraulic fracturing and well stimulation, with comments due by mid-­January. Introduction - On November 15, 2013, the...

St. Louis Commits to Transit - Oriented Development Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

Earlier this month, St. Louis Mayor, Francis Slay, announced that St. Louis’ Affordable Housing Commission would dedicate $1 million to fund transit oriented development (TOD) in St. Louis. In making this commitment, St. Louis joins a growing number...

Choosing Between Litigation And Arbitration – What’s At Stake?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

The costs of litigation have risen dramatically in the past 10 to 20 years. Many factors contribute to that rise, including expanded discovery processes, the proliferation of electronic data storage, and the costs associated with gathering and...

’Tis the Season To Review Holiday Pay Practices & Employee Requests for Time-Off

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

With Thanksgiving coinciding with Hanukkah this year and Christmas fast-approaching, employers should review carefully their obligations regarding requests for time-off and holiday pay practices. Specifically, the latter requests often trigger...

California Minimum Wage To Be Raised From $8 To $10

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

The California minimum wage will increase in two separate $1 increments. The first increase will bump the rate from $8 to $9 in July 2014, and the second increase, to $10, will come in January 2016....

Country Singer Wayne Mills Shot, Killed by Bar Owner

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

"Outlaw country" singer Wayne Mills was killed in a bar shooting Saturday. Nashville police are still piecing together the details of the country star's untimely death, but Pit and Barrel bar owner Chris Ferrell insists he shot Mills in self-defense.

Chinese Labor Law in Reform: New Restrictions on Dispatched Worker Model

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

Multinational companies’ Chinese subsidiaries, known as foreign invested entities or “FIEs,” have two basic options when hiring employees. They can either hire them directly (“Employment Model”), or they can “lease” them from temporary placement...

USCIS Policy Memorandum on Family-Based Automatic Conversion and Priority Date Retention

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

On November 21, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum (Memorandum), providing guidance for properly assigning family-based priority dates in certain instances where a petitioner requests a priority date...

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