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[Audio] Sidebars Podcast | Mary Hannon: Shining the Light on the Wide Gender Gap in the Patent Bar

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

In this episode, April and Kim interview Mary Hannon, the woman who started the public conversation about the gender gap in the patent bar and inspired this podcast.

Eminent Domain As Climate Policy: From A Target To A Potential Tool For Expanding Renewable Energy Projects

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

In order for renewable energy projects to gain traction on a larger scale in the United States, significant investments need to go into building the required underlying infrastructure, including a green sustainable grid across the country......

Can A Judge Add A Savings Component To Alimony And Apply It Retroactively To The Beginning Of The Case? Does A Frugal Lifestyle Even Matter?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

While the issue of savings being a component of alimony has been around for decades, since the Lombardi case in 2016 (which we previously blogged about), the issue of a savings component, especially where parties live reasonably frugally, but save a lot, have become more of a front burner issue..

Competitor Recovers Damages From FCPA Violator In Post-Enforcement Civil Litigation

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Swedish telecommunications manufacturer Ericsson announced that it had reached an €80 million ($96.66 million) settlement with one of its competitors to compensate for commercial damages the competitor suffered as a victim of Ericsson’s corruption scheme......

Federal Cannabis Reform Gaining Momentum: New Legalization Bill Introduced By Republican Congressmen

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

Today, two Republican Congressmen introduced the “Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses, and Medical Professionals Act.” Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) Ohio and Don Young (R-AK) are the sponsors of the Act.

New York Enacts Workplace Safety And Health Law, Mandating New Protections After COVID-19 Pandemic

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

New York employers may need to change their approach to workplace health and safety rules significantly under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (HERO Act), signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on May 5, 2021......

Converting Mutual Funds to ETFs: A Fertile Field?

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

A trend seems to be starting for open-end management investment companies to reorganize into exchange-traded funds.

Third Circuit Rules that Parties Cannot Contract Around the Mutuality Requirement for Setoff in Bankruptcy

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

On March 19, in a matter of first impression, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (Court) held that triangular setoff is not permissible in bankruptcy due to Bankruptcy Code Section 553(a)’s mutuality requirement, and that parties cannot evade that requirement by contracting around it.

Opioid Fallout: Ad Agency Sued For Allegedly Helping Purdue Deceptively Market OxyContin

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

Massachusetts AG Maura Healey sued healthcare marketing company Publicis Health, LLC (“Publicis”) under a theory of public nuisance and for violations of Massachusetts’s consumer protection law over Publicis’s alleged role in designing and deploying deceptive marketing campaigns to promote opioid

Perseverance, Passion and Legal Focus Establish New Precedent for Immigration Cases

By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21

THE CHALLENGE: When Jennifer Arguijo was 11 years old, she and her siblings left Honduras to join their mother and stepfather—a US citizen—in the United States. Four years later, she ran away from home to escape her stepfather’s abuse.

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