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DOE’s Biomass Conference Draws 500+

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

This week, DOE hosted its seventh annual biomass conference. This year's conference focused on "Growing the Future Bioeconomy." Over 500 attendees from throughout the country and around the world gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss challenges and...

Step-by-Step, Inch-by-Inch: Trouble for Wal-Mart in Delaware

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Niagara Falls, slowly I turn, step-by-step, inch-by-inch. In a creative epiphany, I have found a way to link together one of my favorite Three Stooges (Curly was my hero) scenes and Wal-Mart’s current situation in Delaware relating to discovery of...

Class Certification Granted to Former MF Global Employees Seeking Vacation Pay

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Judge Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted class claim certification to a group of former MF Global employees seeking payment on account of unpaid accrued vacation time....

CFPB Concerned Overdraft Opt-In Requirement Not Protecting Consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On July 31, the CFPB released its latest assessment of overdraft data it has collected from large banks. The report provides the following summary findings: ?Overdraft and non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees constitute the majority of the total...

Labor and Employment: Legislation Will End Employers’ Annual Wage-Notice Scramble (8/14)

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

On June 19, 2014, New York Assembly and Senate passed legislation eliminating a Wage Theft Prevention Act requirement that employers must provide wage notices to all employees by Feb. 1 each year. Gov. Andrew Cuomo was expected to sign the bill,...

Part V - Minimizing Risk Of Criminal Prosicution By Meeting Requirements For A Voluntary Discover In IRM 9.5.11.9

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Below is Part 5 of my partner, Rick Josepher’s, analysis of the new offshore enforcement environment in light of the new 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Procedures....
By: Charles (Chuck) Rubin

DOE Joins “Farm To Fly” Initiative

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

DOE will reportedly join the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "Farm to Fly" initiative to help promote the development and use of sustainable aviation biofuels. Under the initiative, USDA, Boeing, and the Air Transport Association of America...

Will NY’s BitLicense Stifle an Industry (or Just Relocate it)?

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

The New York Department of Financial Services riveted the attention of the virtual currency world (and just about everyone else involved with digital financial services), with its July 17 proposal to issue licenses for Virtual Currency Business...

Getting Around the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

Among the advantages to inter partes review proceedings, for petitioners, is the ability to have the limitations of subject patent claims evaluated pursuant to a “broadest reasonable interpretation” standard (“BRI”), instead of the Phillips standard...

Eugene Follows Portland’s Lead: Employers Required to Provide Paid Sick Leave

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/08/14

The Eugene City Council passed a sick leave ordinance this week that affects most employers engaged in business in the City of Eugene. The Eugene ordinance, which is scheduled to take effect July 1, 2015, requires that employers provide employees...

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