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How to win the race for EB-5 capital: Obtaining “preferred” status for developers and projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

What does it mean to establish “preferred” status? What does it take? The preferred status of a developer and project with respect to EB-5 financing has certain elements are more or less inherent in the project and developer, and other elements...

Preserving a Complete (and Confidential) Record for Appeal

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

Now that the first wave of Final Decisions have issued from the PTAB, the question has arisen regarding what to do with sealed documents in an IPR record while the decision is appealed. Pursuant to Patent Office Trial Practice Guide, Rule 42.56,...

Social Media Start-Up Capital: Don't Try a Ponzi Scheme

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

You’ve got the perfect idea for a social media site, but how do you attract a critical mass of members to launch it? Your credit cards are maxed out and your friends and family are tapped too. Can you attract members by offering to pay cash...

Kanye West Keeps It Real in Deposition, Proclaims Himself 'Smartest Celebrity'

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

As rapper deponents go, Kanye West may have Lil Wayne beat. Transcripts obtained by TMZ from the rapper's recent deposition show that, like Lil Wayne before him, West isn't afraid to bring his on-stage swagger into the legal arena.

Southern District of New York Holds in Madoff That the Bankruptcy Code Cannot Be Used to Recover Extraterritorial Transfers

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

Dealing a major blow to the trustee’s efforts to recover fraudulent transfers on behalf of the bankruptcy estate of the company run by Bernard Madoff, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held...

Rogue CFO IV – The Company Response

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

In this series we have considered the problem of a rogue CFO, or other executive officer, who defrauds or steals from the company. The focus has been on measures that are designed to prevent the high-level fraud from occurring in the first place. But...

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in 510(k) Submissions

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

On July 28, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued final guidance regarding the agency’s substantive review of Traditional 510(k) premarket notifications. This document, titled “The 510(k) Program: Evaluating Substantial Equivalence in...

Canada and the EU Complete Trade Treaty Negotiations

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

Canada and the European Union today announced that they have completed negotiation of their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The announcement puts to rest extended speculation about whether a deal was still possible, speculation...

Chief judge of top Delaware court gets gown makeover; sleeve stripes are reminiscent of Rehnquist

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

The newly minted chief judge of Delaware's top court has gotten a gown makeover. Chief Justice Leo Strine of the state's Supreme Court now has two gold stripes on each sleeve of his black robe, the News Journal reports.

This Court’s Ruling Puts The Opinion In Auditor’s Internal Control Opinion

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/08/14

A brief ruling issued this week by U.S. District Court Judge James C. Mahan makes it clear that an auditor isn’t always liable even when a subsequent auditor uncovers fraud. In Oaktree Capital Mgmt., L.P. v. KPMG, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106538 (D....

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