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DNA Diagnostics Center Improperly Denied FMLA Leave, DOL Finds

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

The US Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against DNA Diagnostics Center, Inc. (DNA), after an investigation revealed that DNA illegally fired an employee who requested and took leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In...

ALJ Rules Mine Operators Do Not Have Right to Perform Pre-operational Examinations of Equipment Prior to MSHA Inspection, Citing Prohibition on Advance Notice

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

In an opinion issued on December 10, 2013, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge Richard Manning ruled that allowing operators to perform examinations of mobile equipment immediately prior to an inspection by the...

Key Provisions of the Volcker Rule Final Regulations for Non-US Banking Entities

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

The five US financial agencies (“Agencies”) have approved jointly prepared final regulations (“Final Rules”) to implement the prohibitions on engaging in proprietary trading and investment in or sponsorship of a private equity fund or hedge fund that...

Ninth Circuit: City Requirement That Cell-Tower Company Obtain Voter Approval Upheld

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

When T-Mobile sought to place a cell-tower in a park owned by the City of Huntington Beach, California, the City granted the company all the regulatory approvals it required. But the City also informed T-Mobile that before the City would finally...

Pension News - November 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

In This Issue: - Automatic enrolment - The Pensions Regulator - Pension Protection Fund - Department for Work and Pensions - Case law - Other News - On The Horizon - Contact Details - Excerpt from Introduction: Welcome to DLA Piper’s...

[Video] Stealth Lawyer: Zach Abramowitz, 'Blogcaster'

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Zach Abramowitz, co-founder and chief executive officer ofReplyAll, talks with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck about his transition from practicing law at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to creating the world's first "blogcasting"...

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

In This Issue: - European Commission Proposes Changes to the US-EU Safe Harbor: In our November Privacy & Cybersecurity Update,1 we reported that the European Commission was undertaking a review of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor, one of the frameworks...

Polsinelli acquires Atlanta law firm

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

Polsinelli is expanding to Atlanta with the acquisition of an 11-lawyer firm. The Kansas-based Polsinelli will acquire Rafuse Hill & Hodges on Jan.

NFL's Plaxico Burress Sued Over Alleged Dog Attack

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress is being sued for an alleged dog attack. The suit seeks money not for the dog's bite, but for injuries that allegedly befell the other dog's owner.

Galderma Laboratories, L.P. v. Tolmar, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013)

By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/13

When does a prior art disclosure of a concentration range of a medicament render obvious the use of a species that falls within that range, when that same use was also known in the prior art? After all, common sense should dictate that if the same...

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