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Vaccine Incentives - You Have Questions, We Have Answers

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are happy to be more focused on vaccine issues than on issues relating to furloughs and layoffs.

A High Tax State – New York’s Potency Tax on Adult-Use Cannabis

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

Adult-use cannabis legalization was passed in New York State when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (the “MRTA”) into law on March 31, 2021, after the Governor had previously attempted to include the legalization of adult-use cannabis in his last three budge

Federal Circuit Review - Issue 294

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

294-1. Federal Circuit Finds a 1987 NASA Article Describing “Futuristic” Technologies to Be a Non-Enabling Prior Art Reference The Federal Circuit recently reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) decision, finding a sole section 103 reference to be non-self-enabling.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, April 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

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To Settle or Not To Settle: That Is the Question

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

Consider the following (common) scenario: your company has been served with a lawsuit by a former employee claiming they were wrongfully terminated.

Reissue

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

A reissue application may be filed by a patent owner to correct an error in a patent. Reissue applications are useful to correct substantive errors that cannot be corrected with a certificate of correction....
By: Morgan Lewis

New Law Requires Employers in Hospitality and Related Industries to Rehire Employees Laid Off Due To COVID-19

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

On, April 16, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 93. Generally speaking, this new law, which is effectively immediately (and is in effect through 2024) requires hospitality-related employers to rehire certain employees who lost their jobs for pandemic-related reasons....

Prescription for Disaster: Wrongful Termination Post Medical Leave

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

Occasionally, we come across cases that clearly describe what employers should NOT do in the workplace – cases bound to cost a company big bucks because of bad decision-making or horrible policies. One recent example of such a case is Rubio v.

At Long Last….New UAS Rules Are Effective!!

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

The new unmanned aircraft rules regarding remote identification and flight over persons are finally in effect, as of April 21, 2021. The final versions of these rules were released by the FAA on December 28, 2020, and originally had an implementation date of March 16, 2021......

More H-2B Visas To Be Released, DHS Announces

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it plans to release 22,000 more H-2B visas in addition to the 66,000 H-2B visas available annually, reserving 6,000 for the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras......

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