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Recent Rulings Highlight Need to Consider Purposes Before Applying for Tax-Exempt Status

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Two recent private letter rulings highlight the need to carefully consider an organization’s stated purposes and the provision under Code Section 501(c) that best fits those purposes before applying for exempt status....

Significant Changes to the Antitrust Laws May Be Coming

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

The recent change in Administrations and control of Congress may well usher in a new era of more energetic antitrust enforcement as well as substantive changes to the federal antitrust laws.

Qui Tam Quarterly - Risky Business: Health Care Investments Pose Acute False Claims Act Risk for Private Equity

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

This article analyzes emerging risks to PE firms that invest in the health care sector by examining the current enforcement landscape and significant FCA litigation; identifies key factors that increase FCA risk for PE firms in the health care space and risk related to participation in COVID-19 s

Alabama Limits COVID-19 Liability

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

On February 12, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Act No. 2021-4, which provides a partial shield from liability related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....

The Consumer Class Action Trend You’ve Never Heard of: State Wiretap Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

While the consumer class action landscape has been dominated as of late with the usual suspects (Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, etc.) and the new twists on old standbys (current flavor of the month—vanilla false labeling cases), a new trend is bubbling just beneath

San Francisco Court Declines to Halt Enforcement of Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled yesterday that Cal/OSHA can continue to enforce its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Regulation (ETS), at least for now....
By: Hanson Bridgett LLP

Déjà Vu, We Have All Been Here Before: OPDP Issues Its Second Warning Letter in 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Well, that was fast. Fresh off issuing its first Warning Letter of 2021,1 the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) struck again. OPDP sent the Warning Letter to the drug company a day after issuing the first.

What Documents Should You Gather In A Divorce? A Checklist To Help Guide You.

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

One of the most frustrating parts of a divorce for participants, whether you are representing yourself or you have a lawyer, is the volume of documents that must be exchanged.

[Video] The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Trademark Infringement - Tiffany & Co. Versus Costco

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/02/21

Josh and Scott discuss the case where Tiffany & Co. sued Costco for selling other rings and using the word Tiffany on nearby signage to describe those rings, claiming trademark infringement and unfair business practices.

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