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2020 Global Cannabis Guide - Slovenia

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Cannabis Guide that provides a brief overview of laws and policies regarding the use of cannabis in various jurisdictions.

Recent Changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute’s Personal Services Safe Harbor

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

The Situation: The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") recently modified the personal services and management contracts safe harbor of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"). These modifications expand protections to payment structures that incorporate value-based care models.

Evidence Supports Prior Art’s Public Accessibility but Not the Board’s Adoption of an Unpresented Theory of Anticipation

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

M & K HOLDINGS, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Before Moore, Bryson, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Title-searchable publications shared on a prominent standards-setting organization’s website are printed publications.

Online Travel Update: Expedia dominates early 2021 television advertising; powerhouse technology and health care companies join forces to create vaccination passport; Apple moves forward with controversial privacy requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

This week’s Online Travel Update features updates to a number of stories that we covered previously – online vaccination records, Apple’s privacy policy and the many challenges associated with regulating online platforms’ algorithms....

Part 7 – Final thoughts

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

Stablecoins offer many advantages to traditional fiat currency and our contemporary cross border payment process; however, they are disadvantaged in one crucial respect – they fail to establish a sufficient degree of trust.

Antimonopoly agency in Kazakhstan: working in a new way

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

On September 8, 2020, the new Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition (the “Agency”) was created, directly accountable to the president....
By: Dentons

CMA Paper and Consultation on Impact of Algorithms on Competition and Consumer Welfare

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a paper on 19 January on the impact of algorithms on competition in digital markets and consumer welfare.

Law of the Land – Real Estate Litigation Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue VI

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

CASES OF NOTE THE SECRET'S OUT Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC v. Herald Store Owner LLC, 70 Misc. 3d 1206(A) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan.

Administering Justice Remotely in the Westchester County Commercial Division

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

A quick timeout this week from some of our more substantive content here at NY ComDiv Practice to report on some upcoming events and happenings in and around the Commercial Division, particularly in Westchester County......

Chesapeake Restoration Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 05/02/21

At ACOEL’s 2019 annual meeting in Williamsburg I chaired a panel on the ongoing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, which I described as the biggest, and arguably the best, example of cooperative federalism in the country. The Chesapeake Bay is the biggest estuary in North America.

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