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How Far Does California’s Definition of Religious Discrimination Go?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

This past summer, California judge John Meyer concluded that yoga, as being taught by a public school, was not advancing or promoting religion. In 2011, Encinitas Union School District in Encinitas, California began a pilot yoga program in one of its...

Tribe says sovereign immunity protects it from paying $1M attorney fees in Baby Veronica case

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

The Cherokee Nation says in court papers filed last week that sovereign immunity protects it from efforts to collect more than $1 million in legal fees by lawyers for the adoptive parents of the child known as Baby Veronica.

Weather a T'giving Storm With 5 Winter Driving Tips

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

With a Thanksgiving storm set to affect large parts of the country, it's a good time to remind yourself about some safe winter driving tips. A wintry storm that hit parts of the southwest and southern plains over the weekend is being blamed for at least 10 traffic fatalities so......

Taxing e-Discovery Costs: Amendments To The Florida Uniform Guidelines

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 14, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Uniform Guidelines on the Taxation of Costs that specifically allow a successful litigant to recover certain e-Discovery expenses. The amended Guidelines include a new...

FCC Seeks Comment On What Constitutes “Capacity” As The Term Is Used In The TCPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act defines the phrase Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS) as equipment that has the capacity: (A) to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator; and......

The Meaning Of “DRC Conflict Undeterminable”

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

Some issuers who are required to progress far enough down the conflict minerals decision tree may be unable, after performing due diligence, to determine whether conflict minerals in relevant products financed or benefitted armed groups. While such...

CFPB Weighs In On New York Tribal Lending Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 13, the CFPB filed an amicus brief in a Second Circuit case stemming from efforts of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) to crack down on lenders offering allegedly illegal payday loans. Certain online lenders affiliated...

Punitive Damages In Florida

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

A Florida man who misled his pregnant ex-girlfriend into taking a pill that induced miscarriage entered into a guilty plea agreement and now faces up to 15 years in prison. The man also faces civil claims of battery and intentional infliction of...

Orrick and Pillsbury end merger talks

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

Two major law firms that confirmed last month they were seriously talking about a merger have ended the discussions.

Ocotillo Wind-Energy Project Prevails in NEPA and Migratory Bird Treaty Act Challenges

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 6, 2013, in The Protect Our Communities Foundation v. Salazar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California rejected a challenge to the Ocotillo wind-energy project based on the National Environmental Policy Act and the...

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