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[Video] Voices of Data Protection: Balancing data protection and productivity in the digital era

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

The podcast is hosted by Bhavanesh Rengarajan, a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft.

[Video] Innovation in Compliance - Going Back to the Workplace Safely with Julie Myers Wood

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

Julie Myers Wood, CEO of Guidepost Solutions, returns to the Innovation In Compliance podcast this week to talk about how companies can get back to the workplace safely. She tells Tom Fox that this far into the pandemic her conversations with clients have changed to address longer-term issues.

[Video] Daily Compliance News: March 2, 2021, the FinCEN takes Center Stage edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. Biden Administration to continue hard line on Chinese trade practices. (WSJ) 2. Two Yanks extradited to Japan. (NYT) 3. FinCEN takes center stage. (WSJ) 4. Trader Joe’s fired a whistleblower. (WaPo)...

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act Awaits Governor’s Signature -- Consumer Reports Proposes “Model State Privacy Act”

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

We summarized Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) in advance of its passage by the legislature and it now awaits Governor Ralph Northam’s signature. This will make Virginia the second state (behind California) with a comprehensive state data privacy law.

Federal Circuit Review - January 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

Grammar School: District Court Erred in Departing from Claim Language to Adopt Construction that Encompassed All Disclosed Embodiments - In Simo Holdings Inc. v.

2020 Transactions Year in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

2020 took uncertainty to new heights. Deals came to an abrupt halt in Q2 as corporates focused on preserving cash and stabilizing their businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Private equity firms looked for nontraditional ways to invest money.

CLERA or Murkier: Proposed Antitrust Legislation Raises Questions

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21

The Sherman Act was passed in 1890. The Clayton Act in 1914. And they have hardly changed since.

DOL Issues Guidance on COVID Paid Sick Leave

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/21

An ongoing question amid the pandemic is whether and under what circumstances employees may receive multiple rounds of paid leave under New York’s COVID-19 leave law (the COVID Law).

You Missed a Spot: The PTAB Should Consider All Presented Arguments and Evidence in Obviousness Determinations

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/21

CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC - Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The PTAB’s refusal to consider presented arguments and evidence can be a misapplication of the law of obviousness....

Supreme Court: FSIA's Expropriation Exception Applies Only to Sovereign's Taking of Foreigner's Property

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/21

The Situation: On July 10, 2018, the D.C. Circuit held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's ("FSIA") expropriation exception to sovereign immunity extended to a sovereign's taking of its own nationals' property in an act of alleged genocide. Philipp v.

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